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  2. Quakers in North America - Wikipedia

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    Quakers (or Friends) are members of a Christian religious movement that started in England as a form of Protestantism in the 17th century, and has spread throughout North America, Central America, Africa, and Australia. Some Quakers originally came to North America to spread their beliefs to the British colonists there, while others came to ...

  3. List of Quakers - Wikipedia

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    A Elisabeth Abegg (1882–1974), German educator who rescued Jews during the Holocaust Damon Albarn (b. 1968), English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer Harry Albright (living), Swiss-born Canadian former editor of The Friend, Communications Consultant for FWCC Thomas Aldham (c. 1616–1660), English Quaker instrumental in setting up the first meeting in the Doncaster area Horace ...

  4. Quakers - Wikipedia

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    Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after John 15:14 in the Bible, and originally, others referred to them as Quakers because the founder of the movement, George Fox, told a judge to quake "before the authority of God ...

  5. List of Quaker members of the United States Congress

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    As of 2025, twenty-four Quakers have ever been elected to the United States Congress, the first being John Chew Thomas in 1799. One Quaker currently serves in the Congress. One Quaker currently serves in the Congress.

  6. Quaker (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Quaker, Indiana (or Quaker Point), an unincorporated community in Vermillion County, Indiana; Quaker, Missouri, an unincorporated community; Pennsylvania, sometimes called "The Quaker State" Quakers Hill, New South Wales, a suburb in Sydney, Australia

  7. Quakers vs Trump: Religious group takes on president over ...

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    A collection of Quaker congregations have sued the Department of Homeland Security and its new leader, Kristi Noem, over President Donald Trump’s decision to allow ICE arrests in churches.. Last ...

  8. Category:Quakerism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Quaker schools in the United States (18 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Quakerism in the United States" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.

  9. History of the Quakers - Wikipedia

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    The Quaker Family in Colonial America: A Portrait of the Society of Friends (1973), emphasis on social structure and family life. Frost, J. William. "The Origins of the Quaker Crusade against Slavery: A Review of Recent Literature," Quaker History 67 (1978): 42–58. JSTOR 41946850. Hamm, Thomas. The Quakers in America.