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Quaker Abolition leader George Fox

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Founder of Society of Friends, usually called Quakers

Gospel Family Order

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

John Newton

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

Richard Furman

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A digital copy of the painted portrait of the Reverend Richard Furman and influential Baptist leader from Charleston, SC. The first President of the South Carolina State Baptist Convention.

Abolition of the slave trade, or the man the master

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This resource is a political cartoon that shows the reversed rolls of the slave and master, showcasing the brutality of the slave master.

Duties of Christian Masters

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A book written and published in the United States right before the start of the Civil War about the duties of christian slave masters.

A Statement of the Exports from Charleston (S.C.) of the Crop of 1784, Beginning December 3, 1784, and Ending Nov. 19, 1785.

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This is a statement documenting agricultural exports from Charleston, including indigo, rice, and tobacco. Slaves are also included.

Southern Planter: "Pomp, you Rascal! do you see any of those cursed Yankee ships coming this way?"

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This print is a dramatized display of slave master and slave interactions in a southern plantation home.

Thoughts Upon Slavery written by Methodist Leader, John Wesley,

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In 1774, Wesley writes this tract attacking the Slave Trade in Africa, Europe and the Americas. Four editions were written in the span of two years spreading his abolitionist influence across the world.

Triangular Trade, voyage of the Sanderson from Newport, RI, 1752

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This is a map of the Triangular Trade that illustrates different locations of the trade in the Caribbean, North America, and Africa.