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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

First American anti-slavery society organized

On April 14, 1775, Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush of Philadelphia helped organize the first American society for the abolition of slavery.



Learn more about the Pennsylvania Abolition Society.


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