Quaker History / Slavery - period ended 11.1.2006

Quaker History/Slavery/Brown, Moses/Panel Suggests Brown U. Atone for Ties to Slavery/New York Times/New York/NY/USA/19-Oct-06/NYT/... Brown’s ties to slavery are clear but also complex. The university’s founder, the Rev. James Manning, freed his only slave, but accepted donations from slave owners and traders, including the Brown family of Providence, R.I.. At least one of the Brown brothers, John, a treasurer of the college, was an active slave trader, but another brother, Moses, became a Quaker abolitionist, although he ran a textile factory that used cotton grown with slave labor. ...

Amherst Times.com/Amherst/MA/USA
Sarasota Herald-Tribune/Sarasota/FL/USA
Times Daily/Birmingham/AL/USA
Spartanburg Herald Journal/Spartanburg/SC/USA

Quaker History/Slavery/Brown, Moses/Report details Brown’s, state’s slave-trading roots/Providence Journal/Providence/RI/USA/19-Oct-06//... Shortly after, three of the brothers – Nicholas, Joseph and Moses – quit the slave trade.

Moses went even further. He became a Quaker, freed his slaves, helped start the Providence Abolition Society, and battled slave traders in court, including his brother John.

In the newspapers, John emphasized the sanctity of property rights, and argued that Africans were better off in America. Buying and selling slaves, he said, was “right, just and lawful.” There is no more crime “in bringing off a cargo of slaves than in bringing off a cargo of jackasses,” he said.

The dispute split the state, the report says. But for the Browns, it was personal.

Moses and the Abolition Society mounted a court case against John for a 1795 slave venture. John had sent a ship, the Hope, to the Gold Coast to buy 229 Africans, many of them later sold in Cuba.

Forced to appear before a judge, John lost his ship, and became the first Rhode Islander – possibly the first American – prosecuted in federal court for illegal slave trading, the report says. . ...

Quaker History/Underground Railroad/Network to Freedom/Adams historic sites get their due/York Daily Record/York/PA/USA/29-Oct-06//... Now that the sites have been approved, Historic Gettysburg Adams County is considering applying for grants to repair the old Quaker churches or establish wayside markers with the Park Service's logo and an explanation of the churches' history, she said.

The sites are now eligible to apply for matching grants of up to $25,000 for site stabilization or repairs, for additional research and for the creation of exhibits or displays at the sites. They are recognized as having legitimate ties to the secretive Underground Railroad.

"The Network to Freedom helps to identify and preserve sites of significance to the story of the Underground Railroad, which is a story of self-determination, the quest for freedom from oppression and a very inspiring story of interracial cooperation that serves as a model today," said Diane Miller, national coordinator for the Network to Freedom Program. ...

Quaker History/Underground Railroad//Actresses tour center - in spirit/Cincinnati Enquirer/Cincinnati/OH/USA/21-Oct-06//... will provide. "I grew up in Chappaqua (NY), where I live now," Williams said. "It's a Quaker town with a peace tradition. I knew ...

Quaker History/Underground Railroad//Cemeteries aren't really creepy – really/Battle Creek Enquirer/Battle Creek/MI/USA/28-Oct-06//We also visited the nearby Concord Cemetery, a small Quaker cemetery where my grandparents are buried as well as numerous relations and our family's claim-to ...

Quaker History/Underground Railroad//Follow the North Star retraces slaves' steps to freedom, mental .../Noblesville Ledger/Noblesville/IN/USA/31-Oct-06//... said. When the group reaches the Quaker home, they are told to relax and can lift their heads for the first time along the route. ...

Quaker History/Slavery/Brown, Moses/Slavery at Brown/New York Sun/New York/NY/USA/19-Oct-06//... Brown’s ties to slavery are clear but also complex. The university’s founder, the Rev. James Manning, freed his only slave, but accepted donations from slave owners and traders, including the Brown family of Providence, R.I.. At least one of the Brown brothers, John, a treasurer of the college, was an active slave trader, but another brother, Moses, became a Quaker abolitionist, although he ran a textile factory that used cotton grown with slave labor. ...

Quaker History/Religious Faith/Abolition/Benezet, Anthony/Professor discusses slavery, religion in lecture/The Brown and White/Lehigh/PA/USA/23-Oct-06//... His speech focused mainly on the role of Anthony Benezet, who was born in France and moved to Philadelphia at the age of 17 with his parents to escape religious persecution. Once in Philadelphia, he joined the Society of Friends, better known as the Quakers. Later in life, he became extremely active in the anti-slavery movement.. ...