Johns Hopkins and Slavery: Difference between revisions
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
Johns Hopkins (grandfather) was the first in the immediate family to be confronted with the anti-slavery discipline of the Friends. | Johns Hopkins (grandfather) was the first in the immediate family to be confronted with the anti-slavery discipline of the Friends. | ||
In 1776 he was [https://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/hcmc-975-11-017 visited by Isaac Jackson], a Friend from Pennsylvania, who was canvasing | In 1776 he was [https://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/hcmc-975-11-017 visited by Isaac Jackson], a Friend from Pennsylvania, who was canvasing Friends in Maryland who owned slaves to inquire about their views on manumitting their slaves. | ||
[[File:1776 jackson13.jpg|thumb|From the journal of Isaac Jackson]] | [[File:1776 jackson13.jpg|thumb|From the journal of Isaac Jackson]] | ||
In 1780 Johns Hopkins (grandfather) was [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2189/images/43154_1821100519_5247-00041?ssrc=&backlabel=Return chastised by the Indian Spring Meeting] to which he belonged for manumitting for term rather than immediately. | In 1780 Johns Hopkins (grandfather) was [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2189/images/43154_1821100519_5247-00041?ssrc=&backlabel=Return chastised by the Indian Spring Meeting] to which he belonged for manumitting for term rather than immediately. | ||
[https://archive.org/details/sim_friends-intelligencer_1897-05-22_54_21/page/368/mode/2up?q=Margaret+Cook Margaret Cook] also [https://exhibits.library.jhu.edu/omeka-s/s/johnshopkinsbiographicalarchive/item/2956 visited Johns Hopkins (grandfather) in 1781] followed by a visit to Baltimore. The journals of Margaret Cook are transcriptions published in the Friends' Intelligencer and Journal copies of which are to be [https://archive.org/search.php?query=Friends%27%20Intelligencer%20and%20Journal%20%201897-05 found on http://archive.org.] | |||
Revision as of 17:23, 14 May 2022
[in progress]
In sorting out the relationship of the Hopkins family to slavery, the focus is on the immediate family of Johns Hopkins (1795-1873) including his grandparents, his aunts and uncles, his parents, and his siblings.
Johns Hopkins (grandfather) was the first in the immediate family to be confronted with the anti-slavery discipline of the Friends.
In 1776 he was visited by Isaac Jackson, a Friend from Pennsylvania, who was canvasing Friends in Maryland who owned slaves to inquire about their views on manumitting their slaves.
In 1780 Johns Hopkins (grandfather) was chastised by the Indian Spring Meeting to which he belonged for manumitting for term rather than immediately.
Margaret Cook also visited Johns Hopkins (grandfather) in 1781 followed by a visit to Baltimore. The journals of Margaret Cook are transcriptions published in the Friends' Intelligencer and Journal copies of which are to be found on http://archive.org.