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Elias Hicks (1748-1830), born in Hempstead, New York to John Hicks and Martha Hicks (neé Smith) was a member of a Quaker 'Society of Friends' in Philadelphia which split in 1820. A travelling liberal Quaker preacher, he is perhaps best known as a slavery abolitionist. Founder of the 'Charity Society of Jerico and Westbury Meetings in 1794' Wrote 'Observations on the Slavery of Africans and Their Descendents' in 1811. He had 11 children with his wife Jemima Hicks (neé Seaman).
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Manuscript pamphlet entitled: Some remarks on slavery and prize goods recommended to the serious perusal and impartial consideration of the citizens of the united states and others concerned. 9 + 2 leaves (17 pages in length, with the 4 probably being a first draft). Most probably an essay, for a general audience, this text seeks to dismantle slavery by emphasising its immorality, particularly with a rather Platonic series of 'queries' and 'answers' before ending with a rallying call to arms in the form of telling the oppressed to 'pursue emancipation'
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