Free Produce Association of Friends of New-York Yearly Meeting collected records
Abstract
This collection contains a circular with extracts of the minutes of the Executive Committee of the Free Produce Association of Friends, 1834, which notes its organization in Sixth Month [June] of the previous year; a circular dated 1848 addressed to Isaac Thorne announcing the opening of a store on Pearl Street; and published reports of the Board of Managers, 1849, 1851-1854.
Dates
- Creation: 1834-1854
Creator
- Free Produce Association of Friends, of New-York Yearly Meeting (Contributor, Organization)
Language of Material
Materials are in English.
Restrictions on Access
This collection is available for research use.
Biographical / Historical
Free Produce Association of Friends of New-York Yearly Meeting was founded in 1833 and based in New York City. The Free Produce Movement was a response to the concern about using goods produced using the labor of enslaved people. slave-produced goods. It promoted the support of stores which carried only free goods.
Extent
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder ; 7 items.))
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--New York Yearly Meeting. Method of acquisition--Gift of; Date of acquisition--1997.
Subject
Topical
- Abolitionists -- New York (State) -- New York
- Antislavery movements -- New York (State) -- New York
- Boycotts -- New York (State) -- New York
- Church and Social Problems -- Society of Friends
- Quaker abolitionists -- New York (State) -- New York
- Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York
- Quakers -- Social service -- New York (State) -- New York
- Slave labor -- United States
- Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends
- 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- 2020: Updated outdated, harmful terminology related to enslavement, except where it appears in a title, quotation, or subject heading.
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