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:It was not by coincidence that Quakers played a leading role in this Society. Already in 1688, Dutch and German Quakers had signed - at Germantown, Pennsylvania - the first anti-slavery statement; later, "English Quakers had begun to express their official disapproval of the slave trade since 1727. During the 1750s, a number of Quakers in Britain's American colonies also began to oppose slavery, calling on English Quakers to take action, and encourage their fellow citizens, including Quaker slave owners, to improve conditions for slaves, educate their slaves in Christianity, reading and writing, and gradually emancipate them. - An informal group of six Quakers pioneered the British abolitionist movement in 1783 when the London Society of Friends' yearly meeting presented its petition against the slave trade to parliament, signed by over 300 Quakers. They subsequently decided to form a small, committed, non-denominational group so as to gain greater Anglican and Parliamentary support. - The new, non-denominational committee formed in 1787 had nine Quaker members (who, as non-conformists, were debarred from standing for Parliament), and three Anglicans, whose support strengthened the committee's likelihood of influencing Parliament" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_for_Effecting_the_Abolition_of_the_Slave_Trade].