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John Newton

John Newton (1725-1807), Slave trader, clergyman and friend of the poet William Cowper.

Gospel Family Order

George Fox writes opposing slavery and bondage beginning the Quaker movement of abolition.

Quaker Abolition leader George Fox

Founder of Society of Friends, usually called Quakers

The Dred Scott decision: opinion of Chief Justice Taney

Excerpt explaining the decision of the Dred Scott case.

John Wesley Preaching to Indians in 1913

John Wesley, the co-founder of the Methodist church had religious influence in England and was well known for his desire to preach to the Indians which was his main goal for coming to Georgia.

Exposition of the Views of the Baptists Relative to the Colored Population

Rev. Richard Furman communicates with the Governor of South Carolina about the topic of slavery arguing the Baptist side of the notion of abolition.

Abraham Lincoln and his Emancipation Proclamation

Stylized text of the Emancipation Proclamation which was issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 and freed slaves in the Confederacy.

An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States North-West of the River Ohio

A document that sets the standards for admitting new states into the union. It also prohibits slavery in the expanded tarritories.

Excerpts from The Annual Monitor for 1894, or Obituary of the Members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland, for the year 1893.

The excerpts from the obituary gave detailed information about the works that Edmund did as an activist for abolition especially through his societies.

Declaration of the Anti-slavery Convention

This text shows how abolitionists were spreading there message and what they were trying to accomplish.