Subject: Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (2 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the single volume account book and single volume account book of the Friends Freedman's Association.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (2 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of two items of Samuel Jones's papers, and includes a copy of his will, as well as a copy of an emancipation document for a family enslaved by Jones.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: 0.22 linear ft.
Abstract:: This collection contains the correspondence of the Garrett, McCollin, and Vail families.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (4 folders.))
Abstract:: This is an artificial collection of papers concerning John Jackson, his spiritual teachings, and his religious mission to the West Indies. Included are essays by an unknown author, regarding John Jackson's views on Quaker ministry and doctrine as presented in his work"A Dissertation.. on Christian Ministry." An eight part manuscript entitled "Some account of the life and labors of John Jackson" is also unsigned. Also included is a bound volume of copies of letters written by John Jackson to his wife, Rachel, while he travelled on a religious mission in the West Indies with George Truman in 1840 and 1841. These letters describe the West Indies in detail and relate John Jackson's views on slavery and the difficulties they experienced as Hicksites. The original of one of these letters is also included.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder ; 7 items.))
Abstract:: This collection contains a circular with extracts of the minutes of the Executive Committee of the Free Produce Association of Friends, 1834, which notes its organization in Sixth Month [June] of the previous year; a circular dated 1848 addressed to Isaac Thorne announcing the opening of a store on Pearl Street; and published reports of the Board of Managers, 1849, 1851-1854.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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