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Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Enos and Hannah Sharpless family papers

 Collection — Othertype SC-117
Identifier: SFHL-SC-117
Abstract

This collection contains family papers and correspondence of Enos and Hannah Sharpless including two copy books of the latter. The letters primarily concern family matters. Two documents of note are a letter from Johnson Knight concerning the Quaker testimony on slavery and a pass issued for an enslaved person bought by Enos Sharpless in order to be liberated.

Dates: 1790-1861