FREE LABOR WARE-HOUSE. PHILADELPHIA, 1862. Receipt of goods purchased from the firm of George W. Taylor, N.W. cor. Fifth and Cherry Sts

[Philadelphia, PA, 1862. Small receipt, partly printed, completed in ink. 10 x 17 cm. Old fold lines, docketed on verso. Small printed advertisement at left edge, 3 x 6 cm., enclosed in a decorative border: "Free Labor Produce Exclusively. Dry Goods & Groceries, Wholesale and Retail." The proprietor George W. Taylor "manufactures his Cotton Goods from Material procured directly from those Growers, who neither own nor hire Slaves; and he takes special care to insure that all the articles he sells in the Grocery line, are also produced exclusively by the labor of Free Persons." This receipt, signed by Taylor, dated Dec. 29, 1862 and made out to John McAllister, Jr. is for several different kinds of sugar, plus a 1/2 gal. of sorghum syrup. A very good example. George W. Taylor (1803-1891), a Quaker was a proponent of the Free Labor Produce movement in Philadelphia. In 1847 Taylor established his dry goods store, and later a textile mill, based on the idea of supplying goods not produced by slave labor. Though the items produced were uneven in quality and quantity, the movement hoped that boycotting slave created goods would aid in the abolition of slave labor. (Inventory #: 70174)