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Francis Daniel Pastorius
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Daniel_Pastorius
Publisher: Wikipedia.com
Date Written: 25/06/2017
Year Published: 2017
Resource Type: Article
Francis Daniel Pastorius (September 26, 1651-1720) was a German born educator, lawyer, poet, and public official, who is particularly known for his anti-slavery advocacy.
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In 1688 he drafted together with Garret Hendericks, Derick op den Graeff, and Abraham op den Graeff the first protest against slavery in America. Pastorius was a cosigner of the 1688 Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery, the first petition against slavery made in the English colonies. Before the American Civil War, when abolition of slavery was gaining strength, Pastorius was ripe for celebration. The Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier celebrated Pastorius' life - and particularly his anti-slavery advocacy in The Pennsylvania Pilgrim.
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