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Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society

Philadelphia County · dedicated 1992 · N 5th & Arch Sts. (at US Mint), Philadelphia

Organized in 1833 by Quaker abolitionist Lucretia Mott, this society, headquartered here, originally consisted of sixty women who sought to end slavery. After the Civil War, the society supported the cause of the freed slaves.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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