Quaker History article on efforts of New York Quakers to manumit Friends' enslaved persons in the 18th century
The Bowne House Historical Society shares a recently published article in the Journal Quaker History, titled:
"Long Island Quaker and Bowne Family Manumissions During the Revolutionary War and Post-Revolutionary War Eras."
This important story documents the decades-long effort (1771–1798) by the New York Meeting to manumit enslaved persons among its members—highlighting the Bowne and Parsons families’ leadership in abolition and later Underground Railroad involvement.
(Image shows a delayed manumission certificate by Daniel Bowne, dated 1777, effective 1794. Courtesy of Bowne House Archives.)
