Minutes of the Fourth Convention of the Abolition Societies

1797. 1st ed. 59pp. Disbound. A very good, clean copy.

Convention for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery was the first national based anti-slavery organization. This convention condemned efforts by American to supply foreign countries with slaves, ekina total abolition of the trade. However, it also had a paternal attitude towards formerly enslaved people, urging them to avoid gaming in all its varied forms" and to attend the schools and places of worship" that the Convention established for them.