"Thoughts on Slavery," 1800

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"Thoughts on Slavery," 1800

1800

http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/hcmc-975-07-071

In his essay, "Thoughts on Slavery," John Parrish discusses the religious and moral reasons in favor of abolishing slavery in the United States, as well as a short history of slavery in the United States, and the responsibilities of the United States government to those they are oppressing through slavery.

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Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

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Parrish, John, 1730-1807

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Quaker minister of Philadelphia and Baltimore. Born in Maryland in 1729, the son of John and Elizabeth Roberts Parrish, he was apprenticed in Philadelphia and afterwards married Ann Wilson in 1753. Parrish travelled in the ministry to the Delaware Indians of western Pennsylvania in 1773 and again in 1784 to Barbadoes. In 1806 he wrote Remarks on the Slavery of the Black People. From the description of Notes on Abolition, circa 1805. (Swarthmore College). Wor...