. A history of Pennsylvania. , oats,and other farm produc-tions, and WOuId injurethe wagon trade. It wasargued by others that for along journey, at any rate, aman traveling with a familywould prefer a canal boat,because on a boat it wouldbe possible for them to walkabout, talk, write letters,and eat meals, whereasnone of these things couldbe done on a railway. Ina canal boat, too, the pas-sengers were as safe as athome, whereas in a railwaycar nobody could tell whatmight happen. Even as late as 1831, the State board ofcanal commissioners said, The board believe that, notwith-standing all the i
. A history of Pennsylvania. , oats,and other farm produc-tions, and WOuId injurethe wagon trade. It wasargued by others that for along journey, at any rate, aman traveling with a familywould prefer a canal boat,because on a boat it wouldbe possible for them to walkabout, talk, write letters,and eat meals, whereasnone of these things couldbe done on a railway. Ina canal boat, too, the pas-sengers were as safe as athome, whereas in a railwaycar nobody could tell whatmight happen. Even as late as 1831, the State board ofcanal commissioners said, The board believe that, notwith-standing all the improvements that have been made in rail-roads and locomotives, it will be found that canals are fromtwo to two and a half times better than railroads for thepurposes required of them by Pennsylvania. It is not practicable to describe other railroad systems inthe State, but Pennsylvania may be proud of her have contributed vastly to the development of hernatural resources and of her productive industries of all. Traveling on a Canal Boat 240 HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA kinds. While sometimes the administration of the roadshas been open to question, the benefit to the State has beenincalculable. Pennsylvania and Slavery. — The record of Pennsylvaniain regard to slavery has been good. She, first among theStates, passed a bill (1780) providing for the gradual aboHtionof slavery within her limits. The Pennsylvania AbohtionSociety, first aboHtion society in America, was begun inPhiladelphia (1775). Franklin was president of it in Friends, when they withdrew from pohtics, devotedmuch time to measures of social and moral reform, amongthem the gradual abolition of slavery. They petitionedthe Continental Congress, and also the first Congress underthe Constitution, against the slave trade. The Pennsyl-vania Representatives to Congress defended the petition,and protested against the kidnapping of free negroes; and itwas a Pennsylvanian, — David Bard, — who introdu
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