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 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1793 - 320 pages
...the mifcries of public prifons ; and the Pennfylvania Society for promoting the abolition ofJJavery, the relief of free negroes unlawfully held in bondage^...improvement of the condition of the African race. Of each of thefe Dr. Franklin was prefident. The labours of thefe bodies have been crowned with great fuccefs... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Essays - 1794 - 348 pages
...miferies of public prijons ; and the Pennfylvania Society for promoting the abolitiont ofjla-very, tbf relief of free negroes unlawfully held in bondage,...improvement of the condition of the African race. Of each of thefe Dr. Frunklin was prefident.. The labours of thefe bodies have been crowned with great fuccefs... | |
 | James Hardie - Biography - 1801 - 526 pages
...when the articles were ultimately agreed on, he said to his colleagues, " We ought t,o have but one opinion ; the good of our country requires that the...race." Of each of these Dr. Franklin was president. The labours of these bodies have been crowned with great success ; and they continue to prosecute, with... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1807 - 308 pages
...— The Philadelphia Society for alleviating the miseries of public prisons; and the Pennsylvania. Society for promoting the abolition of slavery, the...bondage, and the improvement of the condition of the Jtfrican race. Of each of these Dr. Franklin was president. The labours of these bodies have been crowned... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1815 - 336 pages
...— the Philad.elp.hia Society for alleviating the miseries of public prisons ; and the Pennsylvania Society for promoting the abolition of slavery, the...race. Of each of these Dr. Franklin was president. The labours of these bodies have been crowned with great success ; and they continue to prosecute, with... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - Electronic journals - 1816 - 576 pages
...consider and report thereon by bill or otherwise. Mr. Roberts presented the petition of the Pennsylvania Society for promoting the abolition of slavery, the...relief of free negroes unlawfully held in bondage, and for improving the condition of the African race, and the petition was read. On motion by Mr. Roberts,... | |
 | Thomas Joseph Pettigrew - Physicians - 1817 - 432 pages
...was chosen an Honorary Member of the Medical Society, Massachusetts ; a Member of the Pennsylvanian Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, the...Relief of Free Negroes unlawfully held in Bondage, and for improving tiie Condition of the African Race ; a Member of the Massachusetts Historical Society;... | |
 | 1817 - 482 pages
...he was chosen an honorary member of the Medical Society, Massachusetts; a member of the Pennsylvania Society for promoting the Abolition of Slavery, the...Relief of Free Negroes unlawfully held in bondage, and for improving the Condition of the African race; a member of the Massachusetts Historical Society;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Statesmen - 1818 - 556 pages
...one "for alleviating the miseries of public prisons," and the other, "for promoting the abolition nf slavery, the relief of free negroes unlawfully held...race." — Of each of these Dr. Franklin was president. He had as early as the year 1772, strongly expressed his abhorrence of the traffic in slaves, as appears... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Politics, Practical - 1818 - 558 pages
...liberal and refined humanity: one "for alleviating the miseries of public prisons," and the other, "for promoting the abolition of slavery, the relief...improvement of the condition of the African race." — Of ench of these Dr. Franklin was president. He had as early as the year 1 ~72, strongly expressed his... | |
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