Celebration of the Ninetieth Anniversary of the the Organization of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Celebration of the Ninetieth Anniversary of the the Organization of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery The President of the Society opened the meeting with the following remarks: We have assembled this evening to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the "Pennsylvania Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and for the relief of free negroes unlawfully held in bondage, and for improving the condition of the African race." On the 14th day of 4th month, 1775, just 90 years ago to-day, a few peaceable and philanthropic men met in this city to consider the great question of American slavery, and to inaugurate the Society under whose auspices we are now convened. At that time there were 400,000 slaves in the United States. The institution soon extended itself into the Territories, and it did not require the spirit of prophecy to foresee that unless this fearful blight was arrested it would, in time, sap the foundation of free Government. After the War of the Revolution, a new impetus was given to the Society, and there were enrolled among its members many eminent men, who felt the obligation to labor for the great principles embodied in the Declaration of Independence. They endeavored earnestly to impress upon the public mind the iniquity of the system of slavery, and a sense of the danger to which the country was exposed by the institution, and, as early as 1790, the Society sent a memorial to Congress, signed by Benjamin Franklin as President, asking that body to "devise means for removing the inconsistency of slavery from the American people," and "to step to the very verge of its power for discouraging every species of traffic in the persons of our fellow men." From that day to the present, these worthy philanthropists, and their successors, have labored faithfully in this good cause. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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