Quakers

first slavery petition

In 1688, a group of immigrants in Germantown drafted the first petition against slavery in America

Play about a confrontational Quaker abolitionist in Philly in the 1700s is a show 'for the moment'

Benjamin Lay play

Over a century before the Civil War, this radical Quaker agitated for an end to slavery

Benjamin Lay abolitionist Quaker

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University of Pennsylvania

NCAA places 15-year penalty on former Penn coach Jerome Allen, puts men’s basketball team on two-year probation

Celtics assistant Jerome Allen reportedly took bribes while he was head coach at Penn

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