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In 1683, German Quakers and Mennonites settled in Pennsylvania on a 5,700-acre tract of land granted by William Penn, the new colony’s Quaker founder. Five years later, in 1688, four of these German Quakers drafted the Petition Against Slavery, widely recognized as the first organized protest against African enslavement in the Americas. The petition was […]

In 1683, German Quakers and Mennonites settled in Pennsylvania on a 5,700-acre tract of land granted by William Penn, the new colony’s Quaker founder. Five years later, in 1688, four of these German Quakers drafted the Petition Against Slavery, widely recognized as the first organized protest against African enslavement in the Americas. The petition was […]

In 1683, German Quakers and Mennonites settled in Pennsylvania on a 5,700-acre tract of land granted by William Penn, the new colony’s Quaker founder. Five years later, in 1688, four of these German Quakers drafted the Petition Against Slavery, widely recognized as the first organized protest against African enslavement in the Americas. The petition was […]

In 1683, German Quakers and Mennonites settled in Pennsylvania on a 5,700-acre tract of land granted by William Penn, the new colony’s Quaker founder. Five years later, in 1688, four of these German Quakers drafted the Petition Against Slavery, widely recognized as the first organized protest against African enslavement in the Americas. The petition was […]

In 1683, German Quakers and Mennonites settled in Pennsylvania on a 5,700-acre tract of land granted by William Penn, the new colony’s Quaker founder. Five years later, in 1688, four of these German Quakers drafted the Petition Against Slavery, widely recognized as the first organized protest against African enslavement in the Americas. The petition was […]

In 1683, German Quakers and Mennonites settled in Pennsylvania on a 5,700-acre tract of land granted by William Penn, the new colony’s Quaker founder. Five years later, in 1688, four of these German Quakers drafted the Petition Against Slavery, widely recognized as the first organized protest against African enslavement in the Americas. The petition was […]

In 1683, German Quakers and Mennonites settled in Pennsylvania on a 5,700-acre tract of land granted by William Penn, the new colony’s Quaker founder. Five years later, in 1688, four of these German Quakers drafted the Petition Against Slavery, widely recognized as the first organized protest against African enslavement in the Americas. The petition was […]

In 1683, German Quakers and Mennonites settled in Pennsylvania on a 5,700-acre tract of land granted by William Penn, the new colony’s Quaker founder. Five years later, in 1688, four of these German Quakers drafted the Petition Against Slavery, widely recognized as the first organized protest against African enslavement in the Americas. The petition was […]

In 1683, German Quakers and Mennonites settled in Pennsylvania on a 5,700-acre tract of land granted by William Penn, the new colony’s Quaker founder. Five years later, in 1688, four of these German Quakers drafted the Petition Against Slavery, widely recognized as the first organized protest against African enslavement in the Americas. The petition was […]

In 1683, German Quakers and Mennonites settled in Pennsylvania on a 5,700-acre tract of land granted by William Penn, the new colony’s Quaker founder. Five years later, in 1688, four of these German Quakers drafted the Petition Against Slavery, widely recognized as the first organized protest against African enslavement in the Americas. The petition was […]