The Germantown Petition was a protest by American Quaker settlers in Pennsylvania demanding the abolition of slavery, the first formal petition of its kind. It was authored by Francis Daniel Pastorius
The petition was the first American public document to protest slavery. It was also one of the first written public declarations of universal human rights.
Bas-relief portrait of Francis Daniel Pastorius, c. 1897. From the Library of Congress.
Thones Kunders's house at 5109 Germantown Avenue, where the 1688 Petition Against Slavery was written. From Jenkins (1915).
The table on which the 1688 Petition Against Slavery was written and signed.
Germantown, Philadelphia
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Germantown is an area in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by Palatine, Quaker, and Mennonite families in 1683 as an independent borough, it was absorbed into Philadelphia i
1688 Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery
…in Pennsylvania demanding the abolition of slavery, the first formal petition of its kind. It was authored by Francis Daniel Pastorius, the founder of Germantown, Pennsylvania, with support from several of the Original 13 settlers of Pennsylvania including Derick op den Graeff and Abraham op den Graeff, who signed it on behalf…
Cliveden, a house in Germantown built between 1763 and 1767
Old Germantown: the Pastorius family residences are shown on the upper left (c. 1683) and upper right (c. 1715), the center structure is the house and printing business of the Caurs family (ca. 1735), and the bottom structure is the market place (c. 1820).
The Battle of Germantown (1777)
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