Franklin, as president of the "Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery," etc., issued the following letter: — "AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC. " From the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free... Memoirs of Granville Sharp, Esq - Page 374by Prince Hoare - 1828 - 404 pagesFull view - About this book
| Abiel Holmes - 1829 - 606 pages
...and others in North America was incorporated by the legislature of Massachusetts. The Pennsylvania Society for promoting the abolition of slavery and...relief of free Negroes unlawfully held in bondage, begun in 1774, was now enlarged. A Society was established at New York for promoting the manumission... | |
| Thomas Clarkson - 1830 - 240 pages
...consequence, then, of these different circumstances, the society of Pennsylvania, the object of which was "for promoting the abolition of slavery and the relief of free Negroes unlawfully held in bondage," became so popular, that in the year 1787 it was thought desirable to enlarge it. Accordingly several... | |
| Job Roberts Tyson - 1834 - 72 pages
...voluntary Society has for some time subsisted in this State, by the name and title of ' The Pennsylvania Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and...relief of free negroes unlawfully held in bondage," which has evidently co-operated with the views of the legislature, expressed in the act of the General... | |
| Job Roberts Tyson - 1834 - 126 pages
...voluntary Society has for some time subsisted in this State, by the name and title of ' The Pennsylvania Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and...relief of free negroes unlawfully held in bondage,' which has evidently co-operated with the views of the legislature, expressed in the act of the General... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1834 - 682 pages
...are supposed to have been drawn up by Dr. Franklin. An Address to the Public, from the Pennsylvania Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes, unbiiofully held in Bondage. IT is with peculiar satisfaction, we assure the friende of humanity, thai,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1835 - 340 pages
...provide for the secnrity of uis repntation. AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC, from the Pennsylvania Soeiety for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of free Negroes, unlawfnlly held in Bondage. It is with pecnliar satisfaction, we assnre the friends of hnmanity, that,... | |
| Esther Copley - 1836 - 814 pages
...expressions in his letters speak his sentiments, and, on the extension and enlargement of the above-mentioned Society " for promoting the Abolition of Slavery and...Relief of free Negroes, unlawfully held in Bondage," he became its president. Elhanan Winchester, a preacher of the doctrine of universal redemption, distinguished... | |
| Thomas Clarkson - 1836 - 304 pages
...consequence then of these different circumstances, the society of Pennsylvania, the object of which was " for promoting the abolition of slavery and the relief of free Negroes unlawfully held in bondage," became so popular, that in the year 1787 it was thought desirable to enlarge it. Accordingly several-... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1836 - 584 pages
...that the pupils may receive such learning as is necessary for their future situation in life, * The Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery and the Relief of Free Blacks, mentioned in the next article. and especially a deep impression of the most important and generally... | |
| Julius Rubens Ames - 1837 - 716 pages
...are supposed to have been drawn up by Dr. Franklin. An Address to tJte public, from the Pennsylvania Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the relief of free negroes unlaw. fully held in bondage. It ia with peculiar satisfaction, we assure the friends of humanity,... | |
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