Friends of Freedom:
The Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society
Student Worksheet
Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society Document Worksheet:
A. Use the PFASS documents to answer the following questions.
1. Name three activities the PFASS engaged in? How did each of these activities help
to support the anti-slavery cause?
2. What was the purpose of the fairs?
3. What items were sold? What was significant about these items?
4. Who contributed items?
5. What is significant about where the items came from?
6. Besides helping to generate funds, name two other ways these fairs helped to
support the anti-slavery cause?
7. When were these annual fairs held? Why might these women have selected these
dates?
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8. What are “free labor goods” and what did the PFASS hope to achieve by supporting
these goods?
B. Use the “Report of the Treasurer of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society” to answer
the following questions.
9. What generated the most amount of income for the PFASS?
10.What did the PFASS spend its money on?
11.What did the PFASS spend most of its money on?
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