Free Produce Association of Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
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
- Creation: 1845-1852
Creator
- Rhoads, Samuel, 1806-1868 (Author, Person)
- Taylor, George Washington (Author, Person)
- Wistar, Thomas (Author, Person)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17).
Historical Notes
The Free Produce Assocation of Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting was a Quaker organization, founded in 1845 in Philadelphia, PA. The free produce association was a boycott movement against "produce," anything produced by slave labor. It's constitution begins: "We believe that slaveholding is diametrically opposed to the whole spirit and tenor of the Christian religion, and that while it sustains the traffic in slaves, it is mainly supported by the traffic in and the consumption of the productions of slave labor. In order therefore to promote the use and facilitate the acquirement of goods, supplied by free labour, we unite in an Asssocation under the title of the "Free Produce Association of Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting."
Extent
0.134 linear ft. (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Free Produce Assocation of Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting was a Quaker organization, founded in 1845 in Philadelphia, PA. The free produce association was a boycott movement against "produce," anything produced by slave labor. This collection contains the minutes from 1845 - 1852, from the Free Produce Association of the Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. 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.
Acquisition
Given to Haverford College by Friends HIstorical Association, 1948.
Processing Information
Processed by Mary A. Crauderueff; completed November 2015.
- Title
- Free Produce Association of Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1845-1852
- Author
- Mary A. Crauderueff
- Date
- November 2015
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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