Franklin, as president of the "Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery," etc., issued the following letter: — "AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC. " From the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free... Transactions - Page 78by Maryland State Bar Association - 1899Full view - About this book
| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 572 pages
...for improving the Condition of the Free Blacks II. 5I3 Address to the Public from the Pennsylvania Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes unlawfully held in Bondage . •. . • . . . .II. 515 Queries and Remarks respecting Alterations in... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1844 - 600 pages
...that the pupils may receive such learning as is necessary for their future situation in life, * Thp Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery and the Relief of Free Blacks, mentioned in the next article. VOL. ii. 65 and especially a deep impression of the most important... | |
| 1853 - 590 pages
...consideration of the report of the committee to whom was referred the memorial of the acting committee of the Society for promoting the abolition of slavery and the relief of free Negroes unlawfully held in bondage, relative to the case of a free Negro of the name of Philip, who has been... | |
| Pennsylvania. Supreme Executive Council - Pennsylvania - 1853 - 590 pages
...consideration of the report of the committee to whom was referred the memorial of the acting committee of the Society for promoting the abolition of slavery and the relief of free Negroes unlawfully held in bondage, relative to the case of a free Negro of the name of Philip, who has been... | |
| Henry Simpson - History - 1859 - 1186 pages
...beloved country, will not be considered matter of surprise. He joined in 1821-2, the " Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes unlawfully held in Bondage," which society enrolled among its earliest members Franklin and Rush. As... | |
| Henry Simpson - Biography - 1859 - 1170 pages
...beloved country, will not be considered matter of surprise. He joined in 1821-2, the " Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes unlawfully held in Bondage," which society enrolled among its earliest members Franklin and Rush. As... | |
| William O. Blake - Slave trade - 1857 - 934 pages
...January, 1808. In consequence of these circumstances, the society of Pennsylvania, the object of which was "for promoting the abolition of slavery and the relief of free negroes unlawfully held in bondage," became so popular, that in the year 1187, it was thought desirable to... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1864 - 1062 pages
...England, so bravely maintained our national cause as well as the cause of the slave, addressed a letter to the Maryland " Society for Promoting the Abolition...the Relief of Free Negroes, and others unlawfully detained in bondage," in which he set forth elaborately those binding rules of interpretation, which,... | |
| James Parton - Statesmen - 1864 - 728 pages
...objects which engaged the attention aud employed the pen of Franklin. As president of "The Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of free Negroes unlawfully held in bondage," he wrote a Plan for improving the condition of the free blacks. He advised... | |
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