 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1857 - 828 pages
...hundred for one. FBIDAT, February 12. Abolition of Slavery. The following memorial of the Pennsylvania Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, the...relief of free negroes unlawfully held in bondage, and the improvement of the condition of the African race, was presented and read : The memorial respectfully... | |
 | Michael W. Cluskey - 1857 - 672 pages
...table. On the next day the following memorial was presented and read : " A memorial of the Pennsylvania Society for promoting the abolition of slavery, the...relief of free negroes unlawfully held in bondage, and the improvement of the African race. " The memorial respectfully showeth : " That, from a regard for... | |
 | 1859 - 48 pages
...Republic of Liberia in Africa. THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE ABOLITION OP SLAVERY, AND FOR THE RELIEF OF FREE NEGROES UNLAWFULLY HELD IN BONDAGE, AND FOR IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE AFRICAN RACE. Incorporated by the Legislature of Pennsylvania, 1787. President, Dillwyn Parrish. treasurer,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1859 - 680 pages
...refined hunrmity : one "for alleviating the miseries of public prisons" and the other, "for promoling the abolition of slavery, the relief of free negroes unlawfully held in bondacCj and the improvement of the condition of the African race" -Of ertchof these Dr. Franklin was... | |
 | 1860 - 36 pages
...ever offered, and embodies the spirit of a majority of the rest. * ' A Memorial of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, the...Relief of Free Negroes unlawfully held in bondage, and the of the African race. " The Memorial respectfully showeth : That, from a regard for the happiness... | |
 | Richard Peters - 1860 - 836 pages
...a society, by the name of "The Pennsylvania Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and for the Relief of Free Negroes unlawfully held in Bondage, and for improving the Condition of the African Race." No society was ever founded for nobler objects, nor more deserving of public encouragement... | |
 | 1861 - 514 pages
...beginning of the end, we shall here set it forth. It is as follows : "A Memorial of the Pennsylvania Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, the...relief of free negroes unlawfully held in bondage, and the improvement of the African race ; The Memorial respectfully showeth ; That from a regard for the... | |
 | George McHenry - 1863 - 396 pages
...memorial from Benjamin Franklin, President of the ' Pennsylvanian Society for Promoting the Aboli' tion of Slavery, the Relief of Free Negroes unlawfully held in ' Bondage, and the Improvement of the Condition of the African ' Race.' Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, was surprised to... | |
 | John Allan, Joseph Sabin - 1864 - 374 pages
...Constitution and Act of Incorporation of the Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery and the Relief of Free Negroes, unlawfully held in Bondage, and for Improving the Condition of the African Race. To which are added the Acts of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania for the gradual Abolition... | |
 | Joshua Reed Giddings - 1864 - 522 pages
...action." On the following day, however, a petition signed by the venerable Dr. Franklin, "President of the Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, the Relief of Free Negroes held in Bondage, and 1mprovement of the African Race," was presented for the consideration of the House.... | |
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April, 1775, was the day of founding 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 African race. 
