%eadnotat; ]> 4051nyre An Inventory of the The New York Association of Friends for the Relief of Those Held in Slavery and the Improvement of the Free People of Color Records, 1839-1844 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2001 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000. ENG The New York Association of Friends for the Relief of Those Held in Slavery and the Improvement of the Free People of Color Records, 1839-1844 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2001 Descriptive Summary Records, 1839-1844 RG 4/051 The New York Association of Friends for the Relief of Those Held in Slavery and the Improvement of the Free People of Color 1 vol. & 1 folder Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. The New York Association of Friends for the Relief of Those Held in Slavery and the Improvement of Free People of Color was a Quaker society in New York City, organized in 1839. Its purpose was to support the abolition of slavery and educational charities for blacks. This small collection contains a minute book (6/1839-5/1843) and loose minutes (1844).

Repository:

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

The New York Association of Friends for the Relief of Those Held in Slavery and the Improvement of Free People of Color was an association organized in 1839 by individual Hicksite Quakers to support abolition of slavery and the education of blacks in New York City. The first meeting was held 6/1/1839, in the Rose Street Meeting House and other meetings were held in Friends' homes. Thirty-six members are listed in 1840, including Isaac T. Hopper, James Gibbons and Charles Marriott.

The Association corresponded with a similar group in Green Plain, Clark County, Ohio, and with the Association of Friends held in Philadelphia for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery. The Antislavery Standard published accounts of its work.

SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

This small collection contains a minute book (6/1839-5/1843) and loose minutes (1844).

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Gift of Milton Hopkins, 1951

Provenance

Milton Hopkins was the great grandson of Isaac Tatem Hopper

Access

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], The New York Association of Friends for the Relief of Those Held in Slavery and the Improvement of the Free People of Color, Records, 1839-1844, RG 4/051, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Processing information

Previously cited as The New York Association for the Relief of Those Held in Slavery and the Improvement of the Free People of Color.

SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

Afro-Americans -- New York (State) -- New York Afro-Americans -- Services for -- New York (State) -- New York Afro-Americans -- Education -- New York (State) -- New York Charities -- New York (State) -- New York Education -- New York (State) -- New York Quakers -- New York (State) -- New York Quakers -- Societies, etc. Quakers -- Social Services Quakers -- Charities Slavery -- United States Anti-slavery movements Slavery and the church -- Society of Friends New York (N.Y.) -- Charitable and social work New York (N.Y.) -- Churches and religious affairs -- Quaker New York (N.Y.) -- Society, etc. -- Anti-slavery movements New York (N.Y.) -- Societies, etc. -- Charities Society of Friends -- New York (State) -- New York New York Association of Friends for the Relief of Those Held in Slavery and the Improvement of the Free People of Color DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

Minutes, 1939-1944Minute book6/1839-5/18431 vol.SafeMinutes1844looseSafe