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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09328 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1812 |
| Title | Minutes of the Proceedings of the Thirteenth American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery... |
| Date | 13 January 1812 |
| Document Type | Non-governmental organization document; Pamphlet |
| Content Description | "Minutes of the Proceedings of the Thirteenth American Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, and Improving the Condition of the African Race Assembled at Philadelphia..." Reports on schools for African-Americans, kidnapping, arrests of fugitive slaves, the African slave trade and the detention of ships engaged in the trade, and prints correspondence with London's African Institution. Representatives of the Manumission Society of New-York, the Abolition Societies of Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey attended the meeting, chaired by Thomas Pym Cope, prominent Philadelphia Quaker merchant. |
| Subjects | Quaker Abolition Reform Movement African American History Slavery Runaway Slave Education Global History and Civics Manumission Religion |
| Theme | Religion; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Law; 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 |