Abijah O'Neall ~ A Testimony against Slavery

Pioneer Friend Abijah O'Neall was one of the founders of Miami Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends in Waynesville, Ohio.  His story is similar to the story of many Friends who moved their families from the South to the free territory of the old Northwest to escape from the evil influences of slavery.  The earliest members of Miami Monthly Meeting came from Bush River Monthly Meeting of South Carolina.  Other Friends came to the area from Wrightsboro, Georgia, North Carolina, and from the Mid-Atlantic States such as Pennsylvania.

For information about Friend O'Neall listen to this podcast and read an article about him on our "Quaker Genealogy in Southwest Ohio" blog:

http://qugenswohio.blogspot.com/2005/09/abijah-and-ann-kelly-oneall-samuel-and.html

The "Quaker O'Nealls and Friends Genealogical Website" is at:

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~joneall/.

Also see the following article, "The O'Nealls and Slavery" on this same site:

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~joneall/famhisty/on_slavery.html

For more information about Miami Monthly Meeting see:

http://qugenswohio.blogspot.com/2005/06/miami-monthly-meeting-of-society-of.html

The story of Abijah O'Neall as told by Ella B. Keys is found in the publication of the Committee to Arrange For and Hold Friend's Commemorative Services entitled: "Friends Centennial, Miami Monthly Meeting, Waynesville, Ohio, 1803-1903," pp. 117-121. 

The full text of this work can be found at ancestry.com:

http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=BookList&dbid=27940&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0 

 Our intro music is Mozart's Violin Concerto in G, Third Movement Rondeau, K 216, performed by David Oistrakh.  Used with permission, see Internet Archive, http://www.archive.org/index.php.

 
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