Pennsylvania Abolition Society

Founded here, 1775, as the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage. In 1787 it became the Pennsylvania Abolition Society which sought social, educational, and employment opportunities for Blacks.

Marker is on South Front Street north of Walnut Street, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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