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Discover the courageous efforts of key figures like Benjamin Lay, Anthony Benezet, and Frederick Douglass who fought against slavery. Explore milestones such as the abolition of the international slave trade and the gradual end of slavery in America, highlighting the impact of organizations like PAS and the New York Manumission Society.
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American Convention of Abolition Societies (1794) • Ending of international slave trade • Ending of slavery in the District of Columbia • -Gradual end of slavery
Pennsylvania Society for Promoting of the Abolition on Slavery and the Relief of Free Negroes, Unlawfully Held in Bondage, (PAS), 1787 • New York Manumission Society, 1785 • Rhode Island Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, 1789