Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society
Organized in 1833 by Quaker abolitionist Lucretia Mott, this society, headquartered here, originally consisted of sixty women who sought to end slavery. After the Civil War, the society supported the cause of the freed slaves.
Marker is at the intersection of 5th Street and Arch Street, on the right when traveling north on 5th Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
