Free-produce movement
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The free-produce movement was an international boycott of goods produced by slave labor. It was used by the abolitionist movement as a non-violent way for individuals, including the disenfranchised, t
This 1820s sugar bowl describes its contents as "EAST INDIA SUGAR not made by SLAVES"
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper supported the free-produce movement, regularly saying she would pay more for a "Free Labor" dress
In 1850, Henry Highland Garnet toured Great Britain to urge Britons to support free produce.
Thomas M'Clintock
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Thomas M'Clintock was an American pharmacist and a leading Quaker organizer for many reforms, including abolishing slavery, achieving women's rights, and modernizing Quakerism.
Free-produce movement
…labor from free people. In 1827, the movement grew broader with the formation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of the "Free Produce Society" founded by Thomas M'Clintock and other radical Quakers. With the Society, they added a new tactic, one that sought to determine the unseen costs of goods such as cotton, tobacco…
Thomas M'Clintock