Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society

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Founded in 1837, the Pennsylvania State Anti-Slavery Society was formed to "promote, by peaceful and Christian means, the emancipation of the enslaved, and the universal extension of the free principles inculcated in the Gospel of Love, and reiterated in the Bill of Rights of Pennsylvania." The Pennsylvania Society was an auxiliary of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Members included Robert Purvis, Lindley Coates, James Mott, Mary Grew, Haworth Wetherald, Sarah Pugh, Edward M. Davis, Lucretia Mott, Benjamin C. Bacon, J. Lidden Pennock, Isaac Winslow, J. M. McKim, Charles M. Burleigh, and Mahlon B. Linton, among others.

From the description of Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society records, 1837-1856. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122540413

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referencedIn Lundy, Benjamin, 1789-1839. Benjamin Lundy papers, 1814-1906. Library of Congress
referencedIn Wetherill, Edward. Collection, 1822-1916. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society records, 1837-1856. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
creatorOf Frazier, Elizabeth Pearsall, 1869-1957. Family papers, 1769-1914 1807-1848 (bulk). Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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associatedWith Frazier, Elizabeth Pearsall, 1869-1957. person
associatedWith Lundy, Benjamin, 1789-1839. person
associatedWith Wetherill, Edward. person
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Active 1914

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