Pennsylvania Abolition Society

PENNSYLVANIA 
ABOLITION SOCIETY 

Found here, 1775, as 
the Society for the 
Relief of Free Negroes 
Unlawfully Held in 
Bondage. In 1787 it 
became the Pennsylvan-
nia Abolition Society 
which sought social, 
educational, and em-
ployment opportunite-
ties for Blacks.