Isabella (slave ship)
Isabella was a British slave ship that brought the first 150 African slaves to the American port of Philadelphia in 1684.[1][2] The majority of these slaves were purchased directly by Quaker settlers – who themselves had only arrived 3 years earlier to city – to be laborers.[3][4] This would result in approximately 2,500 people of African descent living in the city by the year 1720.[1]
See also
- Quakers in the Abolition Movement: Even though many Quakers strongly opposed slavery, some Quaker families were slaveholders.
- History of slavery in Pennsylvania
References
- 1 2 "Black Genesis- Philadelphia". Soul of America. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
- ↑ Buying Slaves in Pennsylvania-George F. Nagle- Retrieved 2012-02-23.
- ↑ Jackson, Maurice (2010). Let This Voice Be Heard. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 11. ISBN 0-8122-2126-5.
- ↑ Pennsylvania State Law-Slavery in America. Retrieved 2012-02-23.
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