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Quakers Prohibit "The Unrighteous Profits of Slavery" Nearly 40 years Before the 13th Amendment
by Abolition, Quakers
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[Slavery] [Abolition] Rules of Discipline of the Yearly-Meeting, Held on Rhode-Island, for New-England. Rhode Island: Lindsey & Co. Printers, 1826. Original leather binding. Octavo, approximately 8.5" x 5.25" inches, 156 pages. A book of rules and regulations "to bring such as transgress to a sense of their error" established by the Quakers, including prohibition "not to reap the unrighteous profits of slavery". In the chapter "Negroes & Slaves", In addition to instructing all Friends to free whatever slaves are in their possession, or at least to "give those that are young, at least, so much learning that they may be capable of reading", this chapter provides an eloquent and early American polemic against slavery. In part:
"We fervently warn all in profession with us , that they be careful to avoid being any way concerned in reaping the unrighteous profits of that iniquitous practice of dealing with Negroes, and other slaves; whereby, in the original purchase, one man selleth another as he does the beast that perishes, without any better pretension to a property in him than that of superiour force, in direct violation of the gospel rile, which teaches everyone to do as they would be done by, and to do good unto all ... [slavery] hath often been observed to fill their possessors with haughtiness and tyranny luxury and barbarity; corrupting the minds and debasing the morals of their children [...] to the exclusion of that Holy Spirit of Universal Love [...] We the therefore can do no less than with the greatest earnestess impress it upon friends everywhere, that they endeavor to keep their hands clear of this unrighteous gain of oppression..."
The quote above is indicated to be the result of a meeting in 1760. The Quakers were amongst the most prominent early American slave traders; they also, however, became some of the earliest abolitionists. Only 13 instituitons hold this early 1826 edition in print, including Harvard, Yale, and the Boston Athenaeum. Includes many other topics on the life of Friends, including family life, Free-Masons, hireling ministry, masters and servants, conduct and structure of meetings, days and times, schools, sleeping in meetings, women's meetings, marriage, and more. Originally printed in 1809; re-printed with corrections and additions. Text block tight. Leather scuffed, top of spine chipped about an inch down, front and rear joint worn but binding holding, text block has large damp stain to first few pages. Shelfwear and expected toning throughout; however text is clear and readable. Overall in good condition. An eloquent argument against slavery from Americans 39 years before it was abolished by Congress.
"We fervently warn all in profession with us , that they be careful to avoid being any way concerned in reaping the unrighteous profits of that iniquitous practice of dealing with Negroes, and other slaves; whereby, in the original purchase, one man selleth another as he does the beast that perishes, without any better pretension to a property in him than that of superiour force, in direct violation of the gospel rile, which teaches everyone to do as they would be done by, and to do good unto all ... [slavery] hath often been observed to fill their possessors with haughtiness and tyranny luxury and barbarity; corrupting the minds and debasing the morals of their children [...] to the exclusion of that Holy Spirit of Universal Love [...] We the therefore can do no less than with the greatest earnestess impress it upon friends everywhere, that they endeavor to keep their hands clear of this unrighteous gain of oppression..."
The quote above is indicated to be the result of a meeting in 1760. The Quakers were amongst the most prominent early American slave traders; they also, however, became some of the earliest abolitionists. Only 13 instituitons hold this early 1826 edition in print, including Harvard, Yale, and the Boston Athenaeum. Includes many other topics on the life of Friends, including family life, Free-Masons, hireling ministry, masters and servants, conduct and structure of meetings, days and times, schools, sleeping in meetings, women's meetings, marriage, and more. Originally printed in 1809; re-printed with corrections and additions. Text block tight. Leather scuffed, top of spine chipped about an inch down, front and rear joint worn but binding holding, text block has large damp stain to first few pages. Shelfwear and expected toning throughout; however text is clear and readable. Overall in good condition. An eloquent argument against slavery from Americans 39 years before it was abolished by Congress.
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