Quakers -- Abolitionists
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
New York Yearly Meeting collection of papers concerning slavery
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-SC-284
Overview
The collection contains a small number of miscellaneous papers relating to efforts within New York Yearly Meeting to support the manumission of enslaved people, abolition, and education of formerly enslaved people, 1778-1870. Most are copies of reports presented to New York Monthly Meeting or to the Yearly Meeting, compiled as a reference file.
Dates:
1778 - 1870
Pennsylvania Hall Association Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-074
Overview
The Pennsylvania Hall Association was a stockholders association formed in 1837 to erect a building in Philadelphia dedicated “to Liberty and the Rights of Man.” Many of the primary movers behind the Association were Quakers involved in the anti-slavery movement. The building was opened on May 14, 1838, and, as a symbol of the abolitionist movement, was destroyed by an angry mob on May 17, 1838. This collection contains minutes of the Board of Managers of the Association, 1838-1847,...
Dates:
1837-1899 (bulk 1837-1849)
Reproduction pictures used in exhibitions or book illustrations
Sub-Group
Identifier: SFHL-PA-ILL
Overview
Reproductions of photographs, documents, and objects used as book illustrations or in exhibits. Most of the original photographs, documents, and objects are at FHL but some are from other repositories.
Dates:
1981 - 1998
