Pennsylvania Abolition Society

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pennsylvania_Abolition_Society
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pennsylvania 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