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Free Black people

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

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