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Abolitionists, Free Blacks, and Runaway Slaves: Surviving Slavery in Maryland

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the groups of people who lived on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the mid-1800s and fought against slavery: the Quakers, former slaves, and fugitive slaves. This article describes the efforts of both whites and blacks, who...
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Africans in America: Founding of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed account of the founding of the first Quaker abolitionist society in 1775 in Philadelphia by Anthony Benezet. The society became known as "PAS" or "Pennsylvania Abolition Society".
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Learning to Give: Anthony Benezet

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed biography of the famous Quaker abolitionist who founded the first anti-slave group in Philadelphia in 1772.