First Protest Against Slavery
Here in 1688, at the home of Tunes Kunders, an eloquent protest was written by a group of German Quakers. Signed by Pastorius and three others, it preceded by 92 years Pennsylvania's passage of the nation's first state abolition law.
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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov
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