Call Number:

MC.975.11.055

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

.1 linear ft. (1 box)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Protests Against Slavery (HC.MC 975.11.55) Quaker and Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1688-1696 (inclusive)

Creator:

Hendericks, Gerret, Graeff, Abraham Isacks op den, and Pastorius, Francis Daniel, 1651-1719

Abstract:

This collection includes the 1688 Germantown Protest and the 1696 Merion Protest. The Germantown Protest was the first organized petition against slavery in the Americas. The Merion protest led to the first instance in which Phildadelphia Yearly Meeting addressed the slave trade.

The Germantown Protest: This 1688 protest written by Gerret Hendricks, Abraham Isacks op den Graeff, Derick Isacks op den Graeff, and Francis Daniel Pastorius, was the first organized protest against slavery in the Americas. Its authors were German-American Quakers. The document was presented to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, but did not meet with a positive response.

The Merion Protest: This protest was written in 1696 by Cadwalader Morgan, a Quaker who lived in Merion, Pennsylvania. Morgan was a Welsh immigrant; he died in 1711. The protest was presented to the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, which discouraged members from purchasing slaves. This was the first time the Meeting had directly addressed the slave trade.

The collection consists of the Germantown Protest of 1688 and the Merion Protest of 1696.

Each item is an individual document.