Abolition: Pennsylvania’s Fight against Slavery | Past PA

From the Quaker principles of its early settlers to the Free African Society and the fiery activism of John Brown, the movement to abolish slavery took root in Pennsylvania. Amidst heated debates and societal unrest, many Pennsylvanians opposed slavery and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the enslaved in their quest for freedom.

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