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Petition from London Yearly Meeting presented to Parliament on 16 June 1783

The petition the Yearly Meeting sent to Parliament is transcribed in both the Yearly Meeting minutes (Volume 17/298 – 307) and Meeting for Sufferings minutes (Volume 36/ 408 – 413). This transcript is from the Yearly...

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Petition from London Yearly Meeting presented to Parliament on 16 June 1783

The petition the Yearly Meeting sent to Parliament is transcribed in both the Yearly Meeting minutes (Volume 17/298 – 307) and Meeting for Sufferings minutes (Volume 36/ 408 – 413). This transcript is from the Yearly Meeting minutes. This was the first petition made to parliament on the issue of abolition.

With kind permission of 'The Library of the Religious Society of Friends'.

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15th Jan 2008 by Diane Earl

Subjects:
Citizenship, History

Key Stages:
Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 4+

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