ARTS 202: Enactment and Reenactment (HC)

"and for the relief of free negroes unlawfully held in bondage, and for improving the condition of the African race: also, A list of those who have been elected members of the society"

"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."

Published by the Providence (RI) Society for Abolishing the Slave-Trade, it also contains anti-slavery laws passed by various New England states.

This volume records the manumissions of enslaved people for various members of Abington Monthly meeting. The Manumissions include a statement describing who the enslaver is freeing, and why, and includes the signatures of the enslaver and their witnesses.

Manumissions collected by the Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting from its member meetings.

Manumissions by enslavers who were members of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting.

Manumissions by enslavers who were members of Blackwater Monthly Meeting, part of Baltimore Yearly Meeting.