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African Slaves In Philadelphia
African slaves worked in Pennsylvania as early as 1639. In William Penn’s new city Philadelphia, African slaves worked by 1684. Important Philadelphia Quaker families such as carpenter, Dickinson, Norris, and Claypool brought slaves to the colony. In 1693, there were numerous Africans in the colonies capital that the Philadelphia council complained of the tumultuous gatherings in the town of Philadelphia. It wasn't until 1696 that a large number of Pennsylvania Quakers objected to slavery. In 1700, one in ten Phildelphians owned slaves that worked in manufacturing sector, ironworks, and in shipbuilding. Craftsman complain that they had invested too much time and money training their slaves, so they apposed emancipation. In 1758, The Philadelphia
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