ResistanceFebruary 18, 1688

The Germantown Quaker Petition

Four Germantown Quakers write the first formal protest against slavery in the English colonies, an early seed of abolition.

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Digitized facsimile of the first religious protest against slavery in the colonies.

The first written protest against slavery in the English colonies.

Connections to other moments, systems, and investigations, the links rarely drawn together.

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The earliest documented colonial protest against slavery.

The earliest documented colonial protest against slavery.