Manumissions, 1772-1790

Metadata

Title

Alternative Title

Creator

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting

Date

1772/1790

Digital Identifier

FHL.PQM_Manu17721790

Call Number

HC.PhQ.P480.07.002
(1250/J2.16)

Description

A manumission was the legal document wherein an owner freed an enslaved person. As Quakers became convinced that the institution of slavery was contrary to their religious beliefs, they began to free their slaves. In 1773, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting made owning enslaved people a disownable offense.

Subject

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Antislavery movements

Society of Friends

Quakers

Place

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

Congregation

Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting

Holding Institution

Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections

Extent

1 volume (291 pages)

Format (Original)

Records (Documents)

Manuscripts

Format (Digital)

jp2

Rights

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

Language

eng

Type

Text

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IIIF Manifest

https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/iiif.cfm/FHL.PQM_Manu17721790/manifest

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Collection

Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting

Citation

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting, “Manumissions, 1772-1790,” Philadelphia Congregations Early Records, accessed May 13, 2025, https://philadelphiacongregations.org/records/item/FHL.PQM_Manu17721790.