Seventy-three Quaker petitioners commiserate "the depressed Condition of great numbers of the Human Race, who on the Principles of impartial Justice are equally entitled to the same natural Rights and Privileges with those who enjoy them” and deplore “the cruel means used to bring them into bondage, thro an inhuman Traffic to Africa carried on by Men professing Christianity." They therefore "earnestly request you will be pleased to make such provision as may be effectual for suppressing the Slave Trade or the Equipment of Ships for that purpose within this State, & also to make such supplementary additions & amendments to the late Act of Assembly to put a Stop to the importation of Slaves".
Result: Referred to committee.
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Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware
