Crew, Micajah, fl. 1802 re: slavery and Quakers
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07194 Author/Creator: Crew, Micajah, fl. 1802 Place Written: Black Water, VA Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1802/05/20 ca. Pagination: 2 p. + addr. + docket 24 x 19.9 cm Order a Copy
"Some circumstances attendant on the lot of slavery as permitted in these states, have at this time claimed the deep sympathy of the [Quaker] meeting, and a concern has arisen to labor as we may open for a mitigation of the laws in behalf of this oppressed class of men, who in their present degraded state suffer the violation of some of the dearest rights of humanity."
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