Pennsylvania Abolition Society

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:abolitionist
gptkbp:activity	legal assistance to free and enslaved African Americans advocated for gradual emancipation petitioned U.S. Congress to abolish slavery
gptkbp:archivesLocation	gptkb:Historical_Society_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:founded	1775
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	first American abolition society
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin gptkb:Thomas_Paine gptkb:Benjamin_Rush
gptkbp:originalName	gptkb:Society_for_the_Relief_of_Free_Negroes_Unlawfully_Held_in_Bondage
gptkbp:president	gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
gptkbp:purpose	abolition of slavery protection of free African Americans
gptkbp:relatedEvent	Abolition of slavery in Pennsylvania
gptkbp:relatedOrganization	gptkb:American_Anti-Slavery_Society
gptkbp:status	active
gptkbp:website	https://www.pasociety.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Abolitionist_movement
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Pennsylvania Abolition Society