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Collection Reference Number GLC05827
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1788 
Title The constitution of the Pennsylvania Society, for promoting the abolition of slavery, and the relief of free Negroes, unlawfully held in bondage begun in the year 1774, and enlarged on the twenty-third of April, 1787 : to which are added, the acts of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, for the gradual abolition of slavery.
Date 1788
Author Pennsylvania. General Assembly.  
Additional authors Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
Document Type Pamphlet
Content Description Benjamin Franklin serves as President of the Society.
Subjects African American History  Slavery  Abolition  Reform Movement  
People Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme Slavery & Abolition; African Americans
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859