Friendly Moralist Society (Charleston, S.C.)
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
"Chart: Members and Applicants to the Friendly Moralist Society", 1841 - 1856
File — Box 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From "Free Black Benevolence in Antebellum Charleston;" photocopied transcripts. Includes "names, residence, religious and social affiliations, relations, slaves (enslaved if held in Charleston County only), real estate, taxable value of property/taxes, and notes." Pages 312-345.
Dates:
1841 - 1856
Manuscript: "Free Black Benevolence in Antebellum Charleston," pages 126-209, 1848 - 1853
File — Box 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Photocopied transcripts.
Dates:
1848 - 1853
Manuscript: "Free Black Benevolence in Antebellum Charleston," pages 210-251, 1853 - 1856
File — Box 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
Photocopied transcripts.
Dates:
1853 - 1856
Manuscript: "Free Black Benevolence in Antebellum Charleston," pages 252-299, 1841 - 1856
File — Box 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Photocopied transcripts.
Dates:
1841 - 1856
Manuscript: "Free Black Benevolence in Antebellum Charleston: The Proceedings of the Friendly Moralist Society with Supporting Documents" , 1841 - 1848
File — Box 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Photocopies pages of "Proceeding of the Friendly Moralist Society;" cover and content pages; holds pages 1-125.
Dates:
1841 - 1848
The Friendly Moralist Society Minutes (bound volume), 1841 - 1856, 1842 - 1849
Item — Box 1
Scope and Contents
Includes sections with notes regarding members attendance and reasons for missing meetings. It also documents amount fined members for being absent. The proceedings are recorded by the elected secretaries and detail the meetings. Highlights include Annual Day festivities, induction of new members, and meetings. Minutes reveal the working of the Society and its role in providing burial aid and financial support to widows and orphans. Also explored is the intra-racial strife between free...
Dates:
1841 - 1856; 1842 - 1849
"The Rules and Regulations of the Friendly Moralist Society", undated
File — Box 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From "Free Black Benevolence in Antebellum Charleston;" photocopied transcripts, pages 300-310.
Dates:
undated
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