id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
elements-8977	Sottile, Lauren	The Act of Manumission: Correlations Between the Freeing of Slaves and Socioeconomic Status of Philadelphia Quakers	2007	11	.pdf	application/pdf	6829	414	78	The requirement of supporting freed slaves and restrictions on the sale of slaves led to pro- hibitive losses from manumission for most. The requirement of supporting freed slaves, often econom- ically unrealistic to artisans struggling to make ends meet, only added to the negative light shining on manumission.	cache/elements-8977.pdf	txt/elements-8977.txt