An Historical Memoir of the Pennsylvania Society
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Excerpt from An Historical Memoir of the Pennsylvania Society: For Promoting the Abolition of Slavery; The Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, and for Improving the Condition of the Africa Race Proposition from the New York Society for a Convention of delegates from all the abolition Societies in the United States to meet at Philadelphia; acceded to. A meeting of this Convention 1st mo. 794. Question - "Whether slavery, under any modification whatever, is not inconsistent with the Constitution of this State;" tried and decided in the negative; 1796. Bill to prevent the trade in slaves being carried on, and about to be laid before Congress. Committee to assist in its progress. New York merchants engaged in supplying the West India islands with slaves; committee on the subject. Address to the Convention for 1797. Voluminous minutes of the Acting Committee alluded to. Two brigs seized and condemned by a jury in the District Court of the United States for Pennsylvania; hand cuffs, neck yokes, &c, found on board. Wilmington Society about to suspend. Committee to visit and sustain them. Vessels fitted out for West India ports for the slave-trade. 1799. Bill pending the Legislature for the total abolition of the slave-trade; foiled of success. Two American vessels with many black people on board captured. Destitute condition of blacks; committee to afford them assistance and protection; 126 of them placed out. Committee to promote greater regularity of deportment amongst the coloured people; report. Advice upon the subject of religion and morals. Committee to attend their places of worship; an address to be read. Visit to coloured families. Report of their number, &c. 1801. Bill before the Senate of Pennsylvania injurious and oppressive to the blacks, Interesting memorial upon the subject adopted; 1803. The venerable James Pemberton, President of the Society for thirteen years, asks to be excused from further service. Dr. Benj. Rush elected President in his place; R. Patterson and T. Parker, Vice Presidents. 1804. Special meeting in relation to a bill entitled, "An Act for the abolition of slavery," being before the Senate of Pennsylvania. Memorial upon the subject. 1804. Case of the ship Rufus, suspected of being fitted out from this port for the slave-trade; 1805. Twenty-five years after the passage of the "act for the gradual abolition of slavery. Labours of the Society less arduous subsequent to that event. Symptoms of decline in energy. Slaveholding domination increasing. Extracts from the address to the Convention for 1806, in relation to these topics. Convention to meet triennially. 1809. Difficulties in the way of the Society again adverted to. Extracts from the address, showing the ideas held at that time in relation to the apathy then sensibly felt to prevail in the Society. Law passed by Congress prohibiting the foreign slave-trade. Abolition Society in Kentucky. Proposition to erect a school house for colored children. Completed in 1813; 1811. Memorial to the Legislature upon the subject of kidnapping. 1813. Special meeting in relation to the trade in slaves carried on by American citizens under foreign flags. Memorial to Congress upon the subject. Extraordinary petition to the legislature for divers severe and oppressive measures against the people of colour; interesting memorial upon the occasion. Death of Dr. Benjamin Rush, President of the Society; resolutions upon the occasion. Dr. Caspar Wistar elected in his place. Schools under care of the Society, and the building named after Yhomas Clarkson, of London. 1816. Committee appointed to assist the Acting Committee in detecting kidnappers who decoy free people away from home under false pretences. Proposition to petition the legislature of the State for amendments to the laws relative to the people of colour. Memorial to Congress in relation to the same subject. Address to the American Convention; regre
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