Creating the United States

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Call for the Abolition of Slavery

Call for the Abolition of Slavery (14)

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In 1773, Dr. Benjamin Rush (1746–1813), a Philadelphia physician and revolutionary, wrote this pamphlet denouncing slavery and the slave trade. The next year, Rush was among the founders of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery.
In 1773, Dr. Benjamin Rush (1746–1813), a Philadelphia physician and revolutionary, wrote this pamphlet denouncing slavery and the slave trade. The next year, Rush was among the founders of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery.