Isabella (slave ship)

Isabella was an English slave ship operating out of Bristol which brought 150 African slaves to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1684. The majority of these slaves were purchased directly by local Quaker settlers, who themselves had only arrived three years earlier to city. This marked a major chapter of the history of slavery in Pennsylvania.{{cite book|last=Jackson|first=Maurice|authorlink=Maurice Jackson|title=Let This Voice Be Heard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1_b0QwpkS5MC&pg=PA11|year=2010|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=978-0-8122-2126-8|page=11}}[http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/geography/slave_laws_PA.htm Pennsylvania State Law] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601024839/http://www.slaveryinamerica.org/geography/slave_laws_PA.htm |date=2012-06-01 }}-Slavery in America. Retrieved 2012-02-23. More slave ships arriving in Philadelphia would result in approximately 2,500 Black people living in the city by 1720.