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[Franklin, Benjamin.] The Constitution of the Pennsylvania Society, for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes,
[Franklin, Benjamin.] The Constitution of the Pennsylvania Society, for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and the Relief of Free Negroes, unlawfully held in Bondage.
15 pages. 8vo, original drab gray wrappers, some scattered slight discoloration. Philadelphia: Joseph James, 1787
15 pages. 8vo, original drab gray wrappers, some scattered slight discoloration. Philadelphia: Joseph James, 1787
- Notes: first edition. "Formal opposition to slavery, through societies organized for that purpose, began in 1787, but on a very limited scale. Slavery had been abolished in Vermont (1777), Massachusetts (1780) and New Hampshire (1784) by constitutional provisions"--Dumond, Anti-Slavery, pages 46-47. However, the first state organization to abolish slavery was begun by the Quakers in Pennsylvania in 1774. The Revolution temporarily suspended the movement, but it was successfully revived in 1787 and a constitution was adopted in April, just before the convening of the federal Constitutional Convention. Benjamin Franklin was elected first president of the Society. In 1789 the Society was incorporated by the state legislature. Evans 20636; Sabin 60364.
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