Quaker trusteeship
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quaker-trusteeship-311-12410039
title:
Quaker trusteeship
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In the early nineteenth century, Quakers in North Carolina used trusts to free slaves. At the time, North Carolina had adopted laws restricting the ability of slaveowners to free their slaves. To get around these laws individual Quakers began entrusting their slaves to their church. The Quaker organization held on to the slaves in conditions of virtual freedom, until it could obtain the legal freedom of the slave. While this method of freeing slaves was initially popular, the practice fell into
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19th-century method of freeing slaves in the US
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_trusteeship
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2023-10-02T21:26:06Z
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