Pennsylvania Abolition Society
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It was reorganized in 1784 as the ''Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage'', (better known as the Pennsylvania Abolition Society) and was incorporated in 1789.
At some point after 1785, Benjamin Franklin was elected as the organization's president. The society asked him to bring the matter of slavery to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He petitioned the U.S Congress in 1790 to ban slavery.
The Pennsylvania Abolition (or Abolitionist) Society, which had members and leaders of both races, became a model for anti-slavery organizations in other states during the antebellum years. Prominent African-American members included Robert Purvis, who was admitted in 1842 as the Society's first Black member.
In 1984 when the Society was revived, a Pennsylvania State Historical Marker was placed on Philadelphia's Front Street below Chestnut Street, at the site of its original offices.
The Pennsylvania Abolition Society still exists, dedicated to the cause of combating racism. The oldest abolitionist organization in the United States, since the late twentieth century, it has worked to improve issues of criminal justice and the over-representation of African Americans in prison, reduction in harsh sentencing laws, and improving economic and environmental justice. Provided by Wikipedia
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81by Turner, Edward Raymond, 1881-“...Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery...”
Published 1912
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82by Mann, Horace, 1796-1859“...Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery...”
Published 1849
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87by Lewis, Evan, 1782-1834“...Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery...”
Published 1831
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89Published 1866“...Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery...”
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90by Needles, Edward“...Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery...”
Published 1848
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91by Barclay, David“...Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery...”
Published 1801
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93by Humanitas“...Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery...”
Published 1803
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98by Needles, Edward“...Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery...”
Published 1849
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99by Parrish, Isaac, 1811-1852“...Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery...”
Published 1838
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