Report of a Committee of the Representatives of New York Yearly Meeting of Friends upon the Condition and Wants of the Colored Refugees. ; Address of the Representatives of New-York Yearly Meeting of Friends to Its Members.; Third Report of Committee of the Representatives of New York Yearly Meeting of Friends upon the Condition and Wants of the Colored Refugees

[African Americans; Quakers; Civil War] Cromwell, William; Benjamin Tatham; William Wood; Harriet Jacobs

Published by The Religious Society of Friends, New York, 1862

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Three reports from the Quakers during the Civil War on their ministry amongst the "Colored Refugees" of Virginia & Washington DC, reporting on the conditions and needs at Fort Monroe, Camp Barker, Craney Island, Alexandria, Hampton, Norfolk, etc. Conditions are tough in the refugee camps but none wish to return to where they have fled from. "Slaves have been abandoned and we must help. Don't we owe them for our prosperity--- enjoying indirectly from the unrequited labor of these people." Encyclopedia Virginia writes on their website- "In this report, dated May 1864, the Committee on Colored Refugees, who were representatives of the New York Yearly Meeting of Friends, gives its assessment of the needs of the formerly enslaved people escaping behind Union lines and how Quaker charity efforts were meeting them in contraband camps across Virginia, including Alexandria. One of their agents, Harriet Jacobs, wrote her own letter documenting what she saw in Alexandria and Washington, D.C. For Quakers, the abolition of slavery was a moral and religious imperative." 1862 Report OCLC: 21308787 8vo, 30pp, black title on cream paper wraps, saddle stitched. Clean throughout. 1862 Address OCLC: 25519700 8vo, 10pp. October 24th, 1862. 1864 Third Report, OCLC: 25113848 cites 9 copies; 8vo, 23pp, May 1864 (slt. marked wrapper). All in their original self wrappers overall in very good condition. Seller Inventory # 27695

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Title: Report of a Committee of the Representatives...

Publisher: The Religious Society of Friends, New York

Publication Date: 1862

Binding: Pamphlet

Condition: Very good condition

Edition: First printing.