[Letter from John Parrish to William Dilwyn]

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Creator / Contributor: Parrish, John, 1729-1807
Dilwyn, William
Title: [Letter from John Parrish to William Dilwyn]
Collection Title: Slavery Collection, 1709-1864
Date: 1787-10-09
Description: Four-page letter from John Parrish of Philadelphia to William Dilwyn regarding the American Antislavery movement. Includes mention of several slaveholders who manumitted their own slaves, as well as several Quakers involved in the abolition of slavery.
Identifier: nyhs_sc_b-05_f-10_n09
Mss Collection - Slavery Collection
Subject: Slavery--Emancipation--United States
Slavery--Philadelphia
Slaves--Philadelphia
Antislavery movements--United States
Material type or medium of original: Letters
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