Name/Title
Slavery, Meeting ThereofEntry/Object ID
002829Tags
Orange County HistoryScope and Content
At a Yearly Meeting held in New-York, by adjournments, from the 25th to the 29th of the 5th month, inclusive, 1835.The joint Committee of men and women Friends, appointed at a former sitting, to examine the subject of slavery, as it regards our testimony against it, Reported, that they had given attention to the object of their appointment, and produced the following essay of a minute, which, on consideration, was approved and recommended to the serious attention of Friends—and is directed to be sent down to our subordinate meetings, viz.“This meeting has been renewedly concerned, that all our members be engaged, to support with integrity our Christian testimony against Slavery. And, that as way opens in the Truth, they may experience an advancement in this cause; and there is perhaps no way, in which we can, with more consistency or advantage, co-operate in promoting the relief of a large number of our suffering fellow-creatures, than by abstinence from the use of such articles as are known to be derived through a medium so contaminated with injustice and oppression.”Extracted from the minutes.$$\left.\begin{matrix}
STEPHEN UNDERHILL
ANN M. COMSTOCK