 | Henry Laurens, David R. Chesnutt, C. James Taylor - 2003 - 978 pages
...xxvii; Columbian Herald,Ju\\ 11, 18, 1j8$; Directory of the SC House, III, 598. 2 "The New York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and protecting such of them as have been or may be liberated," more commonly known as the New York Manumission Society, was established in January 1785. Its mission... | |
 | William Oland Bourne - 1870 - 834 pages
...their rights. These considerations induce us to form ourselves into a society, to be styled " A Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and Protecting such of them as have been or may be Liberated." After the adoption of the constitution, Alexander Hamilton, Robert Troup, and White Matlack were appointed... | |
 | New York State Library - 1901 - 794 pages
...chapter 19 of the laws of 1808, as follows: An Act to incorporate the Society formed in this State of New York for promoting the Manumission of Slaves,...protecting such of them as have been or may be liberated. [Passed Feb. 19, 1808.] Whereas a voluntary association has for many years past existed in this state,... | |
 | 1898 - 586 pages
...philanthropic undertakings. Before the outbreak of the civil war he was nn ardent member of the " Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves, and protecting such of them as have been or may be liberated," in connection with which he was instrumental in procuring the liberty of a number of persons. With... | |
 | Sherrill D. Wilson - 1994 - 132 pages
..."War and Emancipation" by Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, 1800 The Constitution Of The New York Society For Promoting The Manumission Of Slaves And Protecting Such Of Them As Have Been or May Be Liberated (1796) Landmarks Preservation Commission Report, January 14, 1969, No. 1 LP-0250/ St. Marks Church... | |
 | James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton - 1998 - 352 pages
...practice in 1785. The result was the establishment of the New York Manumission Society, or "Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves and Protecting such of them as have been or may be liberated," whose membership included Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and several other of the state's most influential... | |
 | Paul Finkelman - 1998 - 360 pages
...same time this expression — 'Am not 1 a good doctor to doctor negroes?' " (ibid., p. 11). Society, for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been or May Be Liberated). Manumission papers were prepared and "the astonished victims were delivered" into the "benevolent charge"... | |
 | Don B. Wilmeth, Christopher Bigsby - 1998 - 554 pages
...in the African Free School, which had been established in 1787 by the "Society for the Promotion of the Manumission of Slaves and Protecting Such of Them As Have Been or May Be Liberated" (Marshall and Stock, 25). In accordance with the principles of the elocutionary revolution, the excellent... | |
 | John R. McKivigan - 1999 - 424 pages
...controversy. Before his elevation to the Court, Jay had been an active member of the New- York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been or * Felix Frankfurter. The Commerce Clause under Marshall. Taney and Wane (Chapel Hill. 1 937), i* The... | |
 | Kermit L. Hall - 2000 - 522 pages
...controversy. Before his elevation to the Court, Jay had heen an active memher of the New- York Society for Promoting the Manumission of Slaves and Protecting Such of Them as Have Been or * Felix Frankfurter, Tin Commerce Clause under Marshall, Taney and Watte (Chapel Hill, 1937), 48- The... | |
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