Quaker Organization Position about Negro Slavery in the United States of America 1688-1774

Authors

  • Jarrah Abdullah Qasim Directorate General of Education in Thi Qar Governorate, Iraq

Keywords:

Quaker, association, Negro, United States Of America

Abstract

The research deals with the position of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Quaker organization of (the issue of slavery) and the enslavement of Negroes in the United States of America when thirteen English colonies belonging to England in the period 1688-1774 and the position of this sect is opposed to slavery, and that position was embodied in the role of the personalities of the Religious Friends Association (Quaker), as they made great efforts embodied in their positions and intellectual activities, based on their faith and Christian religion,  Which highlighted the disadvantages of slavery and the call for its abolition, and the followers of that association were able to achieve good results, represented by improving the conditions of some slaves, and freeing others, and although these results were on a small and limited scale, but they were at the time an important turn, which made them appreciated and interested in the history of slavery in America.

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2024-04-12

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Qasim , J. A. . (2024). Quaker Organization Position about Negro Slavery in the United States of America 1688-1774. American Journal of Social and Humanitarian Research, 5(4), 33–44. Retrieved from https://globalresearchnetwork.us/index.php/ajshr/article/view/2743

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