New York Yearly Meeting collection of papers concerning slavery
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a small number of miscellaneous papers relating to efforts within New York Yearly Meeting to support the manumission of enslaved people, abolition, and education of formerly enslaved people, 1778-1870. Most are copies of reports presented to New York Monthly Meeting or to the Yearly Meeting, compiled as a reference file.
Dates
- Creation: 1778 - 1870
Creator
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Collector, Organization)
- Parsons, Samuel, 1774-1841 (Person)
Copyright and Rights Information
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Biographical / Historical
In the 1770s New York Yearly Meeting formally endorsed the manumission of enslaved adults. By 1782 New York Monthly Meeting had appointed a committee to visit people formerly enslaved by its members and report on their welfare, and in 1785 the New York Society for the Promoting the Manumission of Slaves was organized, its membership largely Quaker. While all Quakers rejected slavery, members were split on their approach to abolition. After the Civil War, they were active supporters in the education of formerly enslaved people in the South.
Extent
.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Language
English
Overview
The collection contains a small number of miscellaneous papers relating to efforts within New York Yearly Meeting to support the manumission of enslaved people, abolition, and education of formerly enslaved people, 1778-1870. Most are copies of reports presented to New York Monthly Meeting or to the Yearly Meeting, compiled as a reference file.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of New York Yearly Meeting, 1997
Source
- New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Donor, Organization)
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Susanna Morikawa
- Date
- 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2020: Updated outdated, harmful terminology related to enslavement, except where it appears in a title, quotation, or subject heading.
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