 | 1861 - 514 oldal
...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...unlawfully held in bondage, and the improvement of the African race ; The Memorial respectfully showeth ; That from a regard for the happiness of mankind,... | |
 | George McHenry - 1863 - 396 oldal
...memorial from Benjamin Franklin, President of the ' Pennsylvanian Society for Promoting the Aboli' tion of Slavery, the Relief of Free Negroes unlawfully...Improvement of the Condition of the African ' Race.' Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, was surprised to see the petition ' signed by a man who ought to have known... | |
 | George McHenry - 1863 - 372 oldal
...Franklin, President of the ' Pennsylvanian Society for Promoting the Aboli' tion of Slavery, the Belief of Free Negroes unlawfully held in ' Bondage, and...Improvement of the Condition of the African ' Race.' Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, was surprised to see the petition ' signed by a man who ought to have known... | |
 | George McHenry - 1863 - 382 oldal
...Franklin, President of the ' Pennsylvanian Society for Promoting the Aboli' tion of Slavery, the Eelief of Free Negroes unlawfully held in * Bondage, and...Improvement of the Condition of the African ' Race.' Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, was surprised to see the petition ' signed by a man who ought to have known... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1864 - 260 oldal
...and the Pennsylvanian Society, for promoting the abolition of Slavery, tfte relief of free negroe• unlawfully held in bondage, and the improvement of the condition of the African race. Of each of tin,si; Dr. Franklin was president. The labors of these bodies have been crowned with great success;... | |
 | Joshua Reed Giddings - 1864 - 522 oldal
...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.... | |
 | George Lunt - 1866 - 662 oldal
...abolition of the slave trade ; the other came from a body of persons calling themselves " The Pennsylvania Society for promoting the abolition of slavery, the...unlawfully held in bondage, and the improvement of the African race." The latter, singularly enough, was signed by Dr. Franklin, as President, and, presenting... | |
 | George Lunt - 1867 - 536 oldal
...abolition of the slave trade ; the other came from a body of persons calling themselves " The Pennsylvania Society for promoting the abolition of slavery, the...unlawfully held in bondage, and the improvement of the African race." The latter, singularly enough, was signed by Dr. Franklin, as President, and, presenting... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1874 - 558 oldal
...Abolition Societies. That of Pennsylvania was formed in 1775, and bore the honorable title, " Society for the Abolition of Slavery, the Relief of Free Negroes unlawfully held in Bondage, and for improving the African Race." Its President at the very adoption of the Constitution was Benjamin... | |
 | James Macaulay - 1871 - 512 oldal
...in Philadelphia, one a " society for alleviating the miseries of public prisons," and the other a " society for promoting the abolition of slavery, the...improvement of the condition of the African race." His last public act was signing a memorial, 12th Feb., 1789, to the House of Representatives of the... | |
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Society for alleviating the miseries of public prisons ; and 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. 
