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Subject:	Re: Quakers and Slavery
From:	Douglas Deal <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 5 Mar 2007 17:19:56 -0500
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[log in to unmask] wrote:
> On that topic, anyone know any works on the Menonites and slavery?
>  
> JDS South
>
>   

Mennonites were involved in antislavery activities from the beginning. A 
very early (1688) protest against slavery by some Germantown (PA) 
residents is attributed to Quakers and Mennonites. A good many Quakers 
owned slaves or participated in the slave trade in the 18th century 
before the denomination shifted to a strong antislavery stance; very few 
Mennonites owned slaves in any period.

Doug Deal

ps. There are some studies (by Jon Sensbach) of a different German 
pietist group, the Moravians, and slavery in the American colonies.

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