Quakers and Slavery

The Religious Society of Friends was the first corporate body in Britain and North America to fully condemn slavery as both ethically and religiously wrong in all circumstances. It is in Quaker records that we have some of the earliest manifestations of anti-slavery sentiment, dating from the 1600s. After the 1750s, some Quakers actively engaged in attempting to sway public opinion in Britain and America against the slave trade and slavery in general. At the same time, some Quakers became actively involved in the economic, educational and political well being of the formerly enslaved.

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Manumission of Ben by Elias Hicks
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This document contains a single manumission from Elias Hicks for his enslaved man named Ben in 1778. The Hicks family from Oysterbay, NY was...
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1778-12-14
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A0011078
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