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The Quakers sent a petition to the House of Representatives in 1790 to end the African slave trade. This was closely followed by another petition from the Pennsylvania Abolition Society. The Society was wishing to end slavery too. The petition claimed that slavery was imcompatible witht he values for which the American Revolution had been fought. The petition was also signed by Benjamin Franklin.

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