Quaker abolitionists
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Mary Garrigues journal
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0097-Item 0132
Abstract
This journal was created by Mary Garrigues, who described her experiences at Quaker Meetings in the Mid Atlantic, her travels to those Meetings, and her preaching against slavery. She also copied a portion of a 1759 manuscript by English Quaker Christopher Wilson.
Dates:
1764-1782
Rowell family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0511
Abstract
The Rowell family papers, spanning the years 1846 to 1894 (bulk dates 1849 - 1853), preserves the letters exchanged by a Quaker family of Loudon, New Hampshire, recording their responses to significant social and political issues of the period leading up to the national crisis over slavery and states’ rights.
Dates:
1846-1894