What are the main arguments here against slavery? Who do you think their audience is? Why do they seem motivated to act against slavery?
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http://explorepahistory.com/odocument.php?docId=1-4-32
http://explorepahistory.com/odocument.php?docId=1-4-34
http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/washington/census/1810/part01.txt
https://media.nationalgeographic.org/assets/photos/000/290/29073.jpg
This week we will look at materials related to slavery. First read this early Pennsylvanian German Quaker protest against slavery. Protest Against Slavery
What are the main arguments here against slavery? Who do you think their audience is? Why do they seem motivated to act against slavery?
We can also look at the papers organizing a society of free African Americans. Preamble and Articles
What was the goal of this organization? What does these organizational papers tell us about the free black society in Pennsylvania in the late 18th century?
Interested in the history of slavery in Pennsylvania? You may want to check out these helpful links:
This link shows a few pages of census from 1810 for Washington county. Note that there is a column for slaves and you can see a few families who owned them in our region: Link
This link shows the numbers for 1790 in each of the states. In the North. slavery never really got above 6% of the total population (more or less) but there are some interesti numbers here to consider. Link
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