Slavery, Abolition, and the American Revolution: Debates Rooted in Economics, Faith, Human Rights, and Foreign Policies

Dr. Maurice Jackson will speak on “Slavery, Abolition, and the American Revolution: Debates Rooted in Economics, Faith, Human Rights, and Foreign Policies,” on October 20, 2025, 6:30 PM at the Haddonfield Friends meeting, 47 Friends Avenue, Haddonfield.

Dr. Jackson is a professor at Georgetown University and author of numerous books about African American history and co-editor of Quakers and their Allies in the Abolitionist Cause, 1754-1808, with Susan Kozel, a local historian. The program will include a brief presentation about the recent Lawnside-Haddonfield research on Quaker manumissions in the late 1700’s.

This program is a project of the new “Coalition on Slavery, Abolition and the American Revolution” including: Haddonfield Friends Meeting, the Historical Society of Haddonfield, Indian King Tavern and Museum, the Lawnside Historical Society, and The Preserving Black Haddonfield History Project.

To participate in person or by zoom, please pre-register using this link: https://tinyurl.com/drmauricejackson