The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage was formed in Philadelphia Pennsylvania April 14th 1775.
The first American abolition society formed in Philadelphia Pennsylvania on April 14th 1775. “The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, would meet for times. It was brought together by the Quaker Anthony Benezt. The organization was renamed in February 1784 as the “Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage”. Sometime in 1785 Benjamin Franklin became the president of the society.
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