Discipline of the Yearly Meeting of Friends, held in Baltimore, for the Western Shore of Maryland, Virginia, and the Adjacent Parts of Pennsylvania
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Discipline of the Yearly Meeting of Friends, held in Baltimore, for the Western Shore of Maryland, Virginia, and the Adjacent Parts of Pennsylvania
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Description
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The Discipline is a book that served as a guideline for governing the behavior of members of the Religious Society of Friends. This document included references to their opposition to slavery, yet included instructions on how members could engage with the instiution of slavery. This excerpt beginning on page 54, there is a section titled "Negroes and Slaves."
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Date
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1821
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Collection on the Internet Archive; entire text is available: https://archive.org/details/disciplineofyear00frie/page/n7/mode/2up
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Rights Holder
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Internet Archive
