The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage was the first American abolition society. It was initially formed April 14, 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and held four meetings.[1] It was reorganized in 1784.[2] as the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage[3], and was incorporated in 1789.
At some point after 1785, Benjamin Franklin became the organization's president. The society asked him to bring the matter of slavery to the Constitutional Convention of 1787. He did so in 1790.[4]
A historical marker is erected at the site of the Society's 1984 re-founding at Front Street below Chestnut, in Philadelphia.[citation needed]
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