Slave labor
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas Pim Cope diaries
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-013
Overview
Cope was a Quaker merchant, founder of Cope family shipping business, and member of Philadelphia City Council and Pennsylvania legislature. His diary entries cover a variety of topics including weather, religious and personal reflection, business interests, family news, and discussions of international politics.
Dates:
1800-1851
Free Produce Association of Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-011
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the minutes from 1845 - 1852, from the Free Produce Association of the Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. George W. Taylor was the secretary of the organization, at least for the duration of this minute book. The minutes contain finance reports, nominations for officiers, and reports from various committees, including reports from a committee delegated to be in correspondence with Quakers in England doing similar work.
Dates:
1845-1852
Taylor Family papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1233
Overview
This collection traces several generations of the Quaker Taylor family, but centers on Francis R. Taylor (1884-1947) and George Washington Taylor (1803-1891). The former was an attorney and collector of information about his own and related families, as well as local historical information. The latter, who ran a free produce store in Philadelphia in the period before the American Civil War, was connected through his interests in free labor to many correspondents.
Dates:
1737-1999
