Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society records, 1837-1856

Format:

Other

Author/Creator:

Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abolitionists--Pennsylvania.

Abolitionists.

Genre:

Constitutions.

Minutes.

Account books.

Penn Provenance:

Presented by Charles H. Davis, 1902.

Physical Description:

3 v. ; 32 cm. or smaller.

Place of Publication:

1837-1856

Biography/History:

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.

Summary:

This collection contains the constitution adopted by the Pennsylvania State Anti-Slavery Society, as well as meeting minutes spanning the periods between 1837-1849 and 1846-1856. Minutes note those in attendance at each meeting, and offer a brief account of business conducted, most of which involved fundraising for, and publication of, "The Pennsylvania Freeman." There are notes about Society activities, including speakers invited to attend, and members' projects. The records also include an account book covering the years 1847-1849. The accounts are primarily related to publication expenses and incidentals.