JPK Huson 1863
Brev. Brig. Gen'l
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2012
- Location
- Central Pennsylvania
So remember ' A is for Apple all shiny and red , C is for Cat leaving dead mice under the bed ' ? You know. Children's books and the alphabet.
Our Quaker ancestors having committed to being extremely serious about mankind taking each other seriously as humans, it is unsurprising Pennsylvania and Philadelphia in particular would have become extremely early epicenters of abolitionist activity. William Penn's Pennsylvania contained an awful lot of Quakers.
In 1846 the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society held a fair. Members and Quakers Hannah and Mary Townsend sold a book there, written by them, a kind of primer on both the alphabet and slavery. Called " The Anti-Slavery Alphabet ", it instructs children on the evils of slavery and teaches the alphabet by way of hand colored letters and attendant, starkly phrased facts associated with fellow humans enduring this state. In rhyme. They believed children should be educated about the world around them, especially those fellow humans who would be requiring their assistance.
Our Quaker ancestors having committed to being extremely serious about mankind taking each other seriously as humans, it is unsurprising Pennsylvania and Philadelphia in particular would have become extremely early epicenters of abolitionist activity. William Penn's Pennsylvania contained an awful lot of Quakers.
In 1846 the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society held a fair. Members and Quakers Hannah and Mary Townsend sold a book there, written by them, a kind of primer on both the alphabet and slavery. Called " The Anti-Slavery Alphabet ", it instructs children on the evils of slavery and teaches the alphabet by way of hand colored letters and attendant, starkly phrased facts associated with fellow humans enduring this state. In rhyme. They believed children should be educated about the world around them, especially those fellow humans who would be requiring their assistance.