Minutes of the African Union Society

DateAugust 13 1789

Event TypeInstitutional Minutes

DescriptionMinutes from a meeting of the "Blacks or African Union Society held in Newport" on April 28, 1789, at which the Society voted that if a committee member cannot attend a meeting, they will receive a warning and if lacking a "reasonable excuse for such neglect he shall pay one shilling & six pence into the Treasury of said Union Society."