First Abolition Society Founded: America's Fight Against Slavery Begins
Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush organize the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage in Philadelphia, creating North America's first abolition society. This bold step established a formal organizational model that fueled decades of legal challenges and grassroots activism against slavery across the colonies.
April 14, 1775
251 years ago
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