Pleasants, Robert, 1723-1801
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Robert Pleasants was born at "Curles," Henrico County, Virginia and lived his entire life there. He was an active member of the Society of Friends. His brother Samuel Pleasants (1737-1807) was a successful merchant in Philadelphia. Sometime after 1771, Robert Pleasants entered into a mercantile company (Robert Pleasants & Co.) which did business as a consignment tobacco exporter. He organized an abolition society in 1790.
From the guide to the Robert Pleasants Ledger, 1769-1824., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary)
Robert Pleasants was born at "Curles," Henrico County, Virginia and lived his entire life there. He was an active member of the Society of Friends. His brother Samuel Pleasants (1737-1807) was a successful merchant in Philadelphia. Sometime after 1771, he entered into a mercantile company (Robert Pleasants & Co.) which did business as a consignment tobacco exporter.He organized an abolition society in 1790.
From the guide to the Robert Pleasants Letterbook, 1771-1781., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary)
Robert Pleasants was born at "Curles," Henrico County, Virginia and lived his entire life there. He was an active member of the Society of Friends. His brother Samuel Pleasants (1737-1807) was a successful merchant in Philadelphia. Sometime after 1771, he entered into a mercantile company (Robert Pleasants & Co.) which did business as a consignment tobacco exporter. He organized an abolition society in 1790.
From the guide to the Robert Pleasants Account Book, 1771-1824., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary)
Robert Pleasants was born at "Curles," Henrico Co., Va. and lived his entire life there. He was an active member of the Society of Friends. His brother Samuel Pleasants (1737-1807) was a successful merchant in Philadelphia. Sometime after 1771, Robert Pleasants entered into a mercantile company (Robert Pleasants & Co.) which did business as a consignment tobacco exporter.He organized an abolition society in 1790.
From the description of Letterbook, 1771-1781. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 20979641
Robert Pleasants was born at "Curles," Henrico Co., Va. and lived his entire life there. He was an active member of the Society of Friends. His brother Samuel Pleasants (1737-1807) was a successful merchant in Philadelphia. Sometime after 1771, Robert Pleasants entered into a mercantile company (Robert Pleasants & Co.) which did business as a consignment tobacco exporter. He organized an abolition society in 1790.
From the description of Account book, 1771-1824 1771-1778. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 20979687
From the description of Ledger, 1769-1824 1769-1777. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 21013728
Son of Dasey Southall and Edith Southall. Resided in Henrico County, Va. Married to Martha Vanderwall in 1756. Member of the Virginia House of Delegates and the Senate. Served on a commission to establish the capital at Richmond and was one of three commissioners for the state foundry at Westham.
From the guide to the Turner Southall Receipt Book, 1776-1784., (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
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Subjects:
- Slavery
- Slavery
- Abolitionists
- Breweries
- Canals
- Society of Friends
- Fugitive slaves
- Iron foundries
- Jails
- Merchants
- Quakers
- Slave labor
- Westham Canal (Va.)
- African American schools
- Antislavery movements
- Manumissions
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- Merchants
- Abolitionists
- Quaker abolitionists
- Quakers
- Slaveholders
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- Southern States (as recorded)
- Virginia (as recorded)
- Virginia (as recorded)
- Henrico County (Va.) (as recorded)
- Henrico County (Va.) (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Chesterfield County (Va.) (as recorded)
- Chesterfield County (Va.) (as recorded)
- Henrico County (Va.) (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Virginia (as recorded)
- Henrico County (Va.) (as recorded)
- VA, US
