Four Quakers in Germantown, Pennsylvania, drafted the first recorded formal protest against slavery by an organized white body in English America. Known as the “Germantown Protest,” the document condemned both slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, arguing that it violated Christian ethics and human rights. Though initially set aside, the protest became a foundational moment in American abolitionist thought.
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