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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04980 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1788 |
| Title | James Pemberton to Moses Brown regarding the republication of the act of the Massachusetts Assembly |
| Date | 17 May 1788 |
| Author | Pemberton, James (1723-1809) |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | The letter is written in traditional Quaker fashion without reference to the pagan names of months, and instead uses numbers for dates throughout. Written by Pemberton, a Quaker merchant and philanthropist in Philadelphia, to Brown, a well-known Quaker merchant in Providence, Rhode Island. References Brown's letter of 9 May 1788. Says he is getting the act of the Massachusetts Assembly (probably a law on the slave trade) republished in the newspaper with the most extensive circulation in Massachusetts. Sends along information and new publications on the anti-slave trade crusaders in Britain. Hopes they may "have a beneficial tendency particularly in the Southern Governments where the people & the Rulers in some of them require to be animated to a sense of the iniquity they are ... involved in." References efforts to get anti-slave trade petitions before various state governments. Says his principal reason of writing is to inform Brown that the Quakers in Philadelphia are publishing a new edition of Robert Barclay's catechism. Postscript references a letter that was sent to Benjamin Franklin that speaks of a 1784 Connecticut law favorable to "oppressed blacks." |
| Subjects | Quaker Religion Slavery Slave Trade Abolition Law Government and Civics Reform Movement Petition African American History |
| People | Pemberton, James (1723-1809) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; Law; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Moses was one of the famous Brown brothers of Providence who founded Brown University. Moses was an investor in the first Arkwright spinning mill in the United States, also in Providence. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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