Elias Hicks Manumission, 1778 December 14.

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Elias Hicks Manumission, 1778 December 14.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/554917567

Copy of manumission certificate issued by Elias Hicks, freeing a slave named as Ben.

1 p.

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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Hicks, Elias, 1748-1830

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Elias Hicks was an eminent Quaker minister from Jericho, Long Island, N.Y. He was a farmer, partner in a tannery, and had a knowledge of surveying. Elias Hicks was born on March 19, 1748, a birthright member of Westbury Monthly Meeting, New York, and the son of John and Martha (Smith) Hicks. At thirteen he went to live with his older brother and was apprenticed to a carpenter. During this time, he became increasingly devoted to religious principles. In 1771, he married Jemima Seaman, th...