Statistics for occurrence #1 of “John Jay” in entry abolitionists of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...ety established for promoting public sentiment in favor of the abolition of slavery was formed in Philadelphia on April 14, 1775, with Benjamin Franklin as president and Benjamin Rush as secretary.
John Jay was the first president of a society for the same purpose formed in New York, Jan. 25, 1785, and called the New York manumission Society.
The Society of Friends, or Quakers, always opposed slavery...
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| John Jay Crittenden | 70 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| John Jay Chapman | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| John Jay Knox | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
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