
Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade
The seal of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade, founded by British Quakers in 1787. This image was widely circulated on medallions and abolitionist pamphlets. Washington encountered many Quaker abolitionists in Philadelphia. Though he sympathized with their cause, Washington found their tactics too aggressive.
Seal of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade. Purchased by the A. Alfred Taubman Acquisition Endowment Fund, 2001. Conservation courtesy of the Life Guard Society of Mount Vernon.