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The New York Association of Friends for the Relief of Those Held in Slavery and the Improvement of the Free People of Color

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-051
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).

Dates: 1839-1844

John Greenleaf Whittier letterbook

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-02-025
Overview

John Greenleaf Whittier was an American Quaker poet and editor, as well as an involved abolitionist. He was a delegate to the Anti-Slavery Society in 1833, a member of the State Legislature in 1835, founded the antislavery Liberty party in 1840, and ran for Congress in 1842. Topics covered in Whittier's letterbook include news of health and family, as well as discussions of contributions to "The Non-Slaveholder" and discussions of English Friends.

Dates: 1842-1873

Winston-Clark Family papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1165
Overview

Approximately 500 letters (also a few clippings, poems and other items) of the related Clark and Winston families of Virginia and Indiana. Letters discuss family and friends, the small schools that many members of these families began in the Midwest, as well as comments on politics, slavery, religion, education, the Civil War and friends/family fighting in the Confederate army, and other topics.

Dates: 1814-1900

John Woolman diary

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-01-092
Overview

John Woolman's diary from his voyage to England in 1772, the original manuscript of which is held at the Mount School, York, United Kingdom. Entries discuss Woolman's travel with Samuel Emlen, including preparations for the voyage, description of weather conditions, conditions on board, religious reflection, and reflection on the slave trade.

Dates: 1772

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Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections 19
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 14
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 1
 
Subject
Quakers -- History 14
Quakers 10
Antislavery movements -- United States 9
Slavery -- United States 8
Quaker abolitionists 6
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Quakers -- Pennsylvania 5
Antislavery movements 4
Quakers -- Diaries 4
diaries 4
Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 3
Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York 3
correspondence 3
travel literature 3
Antislavery Movements -- New York (State) -- New York 2
Antislavery movements -- History 2
Business 2
Church controversies -- Society of Friends 2
Quaker abolitionists -- New York (State) -- New York 2
Quakers -- Great Britain 2
Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Correspondence 2
Quakers -- Ohio -- Columbiana County 2
Quakers -- Societies, etc. 2
Quakers -- Travel 2
Quakers -- Virginia 2
Slave labor -- United States 2
Slavery 2
Slavery -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States 2
Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States 2
Society of Friends -- Doctrines 2
Society of Friends -- Education 2
Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 2
Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania 2
Temperance and religion -- Society of Friends 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Public Opinion 2
Abolitionists 1
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Abolitionists -- United States 1
African Americans -- Civil rights 1
African Americans -- Education -- New York (State) -- New York 1
African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York 1
African Americans -- Pennsylvania 1
African Americans -- Services for -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Agriculture -- United States 1
American poetry 1
Antislavery movements -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Boarding schools -- Pennsylvania 1
Boycotts -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Charities -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Child rearing -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Children's literature 1
Children's poetry 1
Church and social problems -- Society of Friends 1
Civil rights movements -- Pennsylvania 1
Civil rights workers -- Pennsylvania 1
Conscientious objectors -- Virginia 1
Courtship -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Death 1
Declaration of Intention (Petition) 1
Education 1
Education -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Education -- Virginia 1
Farm life 1
Feminism -- United States 1
Feminism -- United States -- History -- Sources 1
Feminists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Free produce movement 1
Frost family 1
Great Britain 1
Health 1
Indians of North America -- Government relations 1
Indigenous rights -- Civil rights 1
Lay ministry 1
Lay ministry -- Pennsylvania 1
Levittown (N.Y.) -- History 1
Lynching 1
Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Middletown (Delaware County, Pa. : Township) 1
New York (State) 1
Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends 1
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Race relations 1
Prisoners' writings, American 1
Prisons -- United States 1
Quaker printers 1
Quaker women 1
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Names
Brown, Moses, 1738-1836 3
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880 2
Parrish, John, 1729-1807 2
Rhoads, James E. (James Evans), 1828-1895 2
Rhoads, Samuel, 1806-1868 2
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Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 2
Woolman, John, 1720-1772 2
Abington Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1
Allinson, Samuel, 1739-1791 1
Allinson, William J., 1810-1874 1
American Friends Service Committee 1
Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell) 1
Bacon, George 1
Barney, Nathaniel 1
Bates, Benjamin, 1769-1812 1
Benezet, Anthony 1
Burleigh, Charles C. (Charles Calistus), 1810-1878 1
Chester Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1934) 1
Churchman, George, 1730-1814 1
Churchman, John, 1753-1805 1
Clark family 1
Clark, Edward M. 1
Clark, Lucy S. 1
Clarkson, Thomas 1
Coffin, Elijah, 1798-1862 1
Collyer, Robert, 1823-1912 1
Combe, George, 1788-1858 1
Committee on Race Relations (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa. : 1929-1969) 1
Committee on Race Relations (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa. : 1929-1969). Beliefs into Actions Program 1
Committee on Race Relations (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa. : 1929-1969). Friends Chester Project 1
Committee on Race Relations (Society of Friends : Philadelphia, Pa. : 1929-1969). Green Circle Program 1
Cox, John, approximately 1754-1847 1
Darby Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955) 1
Davis, Bainbridge C., 1910-1993 1
Davis, Edward M., 1811-1887 1
Davis, Maria Mott 1
Day, Mahlon 1
Delaware Indians. Lenape Indians. Lenni Lenape Indians 1
Deming, Vinton 1
Densmore, Christopher 1
Dillwyn, William, 1743-1824 1
Dugdale, Joseph A., 1810-1896 1
Dugdale, Ruth 1
Earle, Mary Hussey 1
Earlham College 1
Emlen family 1
Emlen, James, 1760-1798 1
Emlen, James, 1792-1866 1
Emlen, Samuel 1
Emlen, Samuel, 1829-1920 1
Emlen, Sarah Foulke Farquhar (Sarah Foulke Farquhar Emlen), 1787-1849 1
Fauset, Crystal Dreda Bird, 1893-1965 1
Forster, Josiah, 1782-1870 1
Fothergill, Samuel 1
Free Produce Association of Friends, of New-York Yearly Meeting 1
Friendly Acres (Orphanage : Secane, Pa.) 1
Friends Freedmen's Association 1
Friends Mississippi Project 1
Frost, Gideon, 1798-1880 1
Frost, Mary W. (Mary Willets), 1803-1847 1
Furness, William Henry, 1802-1896 1
Fussell, Alice, 1871-1955 1
Fussell, Linnaeus, 1842-1907 1
Garret family 1
Garrett, Thomas Harrison 1
Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 1
Grant, Elihu, 1873-1942 1
Grellet, Stephen, 1773-1855 1
Grew, Mary, 1813-1896 1
Groth, Mary Coates 1
Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879 1
Hallowell, Anna Davis, 1838-1913 1
Hallowell, Mary 1
Hambleton family 1
Hanaford, Phebe A. (Phebe Ann), 1829-1921 1
Harris, J. Rendel (James Rendel), 1852-1941 1
Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830 1
Hopper, Isaac T. (Isaac Tatem), 1771-1852 1
Hunt, John, 1711 or 1712-1778 1
Jackson, Isaac 1
Jackson, John, 1809-1855 1
Jackson, Rachel, 1807?-1883 1
Johnson, Oliver, 1821-1907 1
Jones, Esther A. Balderston, 1891-1967 1
Jones, Rebecca, 1739-1817 1
Jones, Samuel 1
Kenyatta, Muhammed, d. 1992 1
Kersey, Jesse, 1768-1845 1
Kimberton Boarding School 1
Kite, Thomas, 1785-1845 1
Knight, Johnson 1
Ladd, Benjamin 1
Lewis, Graceanna, 1821-1912 1
Lewis, Mariann, 1819-1866 1
Longshore family 1
Longshore, J.S. (Joseph Skelton), 1809-1879 1
Longshore, Mary W. ((Mary White)), 1792-1860 1
Lord, George 1
Lord, Martha Mott, 1828-1916 1
Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891 1
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