The New York Association of Friends for the Relief of Those Held in Slavery and the Improvement of the Free People of Color
Scope and Contents
This small collection contains a minute book (6/1839-5/1843) and loose minutes (1844).
Dates
- Creation: 1839-1844
Creator
- The New York Association of Friends for the Relief of Those Held in Slavery and the Improvement of the Free People of Color (Organization)
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Collection is open for research.
Copyright and Rights Information
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Biographical / Historical
The New York Association of Friends for the Relief of Those Held in Slavery and the Improvement of Free People of Color was an association organized in 1839 by individual Hicksite Quakers to support abolition of slavery and the education of Black people in New York City. The first meeting was held 6/1/1839, in the Rose Street Meeting House and other meetings were held in Friends' homes. Thirty-six members are listed in 1840, including Isaac T. Hopper, James Gibbons and Charles Marriott.
The Association corresponded with a similar group in Green Plain, Clark County, Ohio, and with the Association of Friends held in Philadelphia for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. The Antislavery Standard published accounts of its work.
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 vol. 1 folder)
Language
English
Overview
The New York Association of Friends for the Relief of Those Held in Slavery and the Improvement of Free People of Color was a Quaker society in New York City, organized in 1839. Its purpose was to support the abolition of slavery and educational charities for Black people. This small collection contains a minute book (6/1839-5/1843) and loose minutes (1844).
Physical Location
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Milton Hopkins, 1951
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Milton Hopkins was the great grandson of Isaac Tatem Hopper
Processing Information
Previously cited as The New York Association for the Relief of Those Held in Slavery and the Improvement of the Free People of Color.
Topical
- Antislavery Movements -- New York (State) -- New York
- African Americans -- Education -- New York (State) -- New York
- African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York
- African Americans -- Services for -- New York (State) -- New York
- Antislavery movements
- Charities -- New York (State) -- New York
- Charities -- New York (State) -- New York
- Education -- New York (State) -- New York
- Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York
- Quakers -- Social service
- Quakers -- Societies, etc.
- Slavery -- United States
- Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends
- Social service -- New York (State) -- New York
- Society of Friends -- Charities
- Society of Friends -- New York (State) -- New York
- Title
- An Inventory of the The New York Association of Friends for the Relief of Those Held in Slavery and the Improvement of the Free People of Color Records, 1839-1844
- Author
- FHL staff
- Date
- 2001
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
Revision Statements
- 2023: In 2023, harmful terminology was updated in the finding aid. Potentially harmful language may still appear on the folder title and/or in the document(s).
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