L1:2: Manumission Book
Location Info
Member of
Arch Street Monthly Meeting Records
Description
Manumissions Book, 1772-1786. This volume is filled with the names of Quakers and others who manumitted the people they enslaved and provides the name of their Meeting and names of the people they are manumitting. While all the districts of Philadelphia are represented, the greatest number of manumissions came from members of the Monthly meeting of Philadelphia (Arch Street). Pages 60-80, 113-160, 183-186, and 194-212 from manumissions book are blank.
Linked Agent
Author (aut): Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia
Physical Form
Genre
Date Created
1772 to 1786
Subject (Topic)
Slavery and the church--Society of Friends
Geographic Subject
Language
Extent
184 pages ; 33 cm
Resource Type
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Digital Origin
Institution
Library
Department
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Shelf Locator
HC.PhM.P455.04.075 (1250/S2.15)
Collection Guide
Arch Street Monthly Meeting Records
Local Identifier
HC09-10168
PID
hc:135523
Record Content Source
Rights Statement
