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Isabella (slave ship) 
Summary
Isabella was a slave ship that brought the first 150 African slaves to the American port of Philadelphia in 1684. The majority of these slaves were purchased directly by Quaker settlers – who themselves had only arrived 3 years earlier to city – to be laborers.[1][2] This would result in approximately 2,500 people of African descent living in the city by the year 1720.
See also edit
- Quakers in the Abolition Movement: Even though many Quakers strongly opposed slavery, some Quaker families were slaveholders.
- History of slavery in Pennsylvania
References edit
- ^ Jackson, Maurice (2010). Let This Voice Be Heard. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8122-2126-8.
- ^ Pennsylvania State Law-Slavery in America. Retrieved 2012-02-23.