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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09382.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Undated Documents Relating to the Post-Revolutionary Era |
| Title | [Constitution for the "Westfield Free Produce association of friends"] |
| Date | ca. 1840-1842 |
| Document Type | Non-governmental organization document |
| Content Description | The constitution for the "Westfield Free Produce association of friends," to boycott slave- produced goods for three years. Begins: "We believe that slaveholding is diametrically opposite to the whole spirit and tenor of the christian religion; and that while it sustains that traffic in slaves, it is mainly supported by the traffic in & the consumption of the production, of slave labor. In order, therefore, to promote the use and facilitate the acquirement of goods supplied by free labor, we unite in an association…" |
| Subjects | Religion Abolition Reform Movement African American History Slavery Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Merchants and Trade Finance Economics |
| Place written | Westfield, Indiana |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; Agriculture; Merchants & Commerce |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |