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John Woolman (October 19, 1720 /October 30, 1720 [1] – October 7, 1772) was an American merchant, tailor, journalist, Quaker preacher, and early abolitionist during the colonial era.
The Underground Railroad, 1893 depiction of the anti-slavery activities of a Northern Quaker named Levi Coffin by Charles T. Webber. The Religious Society of Friends, better known as the Quakers, played a major role in the abolition movement against slavery in both the United Kingdom and in the United States. [1]
Quaker women such as Lucretia Mott and Susan B. Anthony joined the movement to abolish slavery, moving them to cooperate politically with non-Quakers in working against the institution. Somewhat as a result of their initial exclusion from abolitionist activities, they changed their focus to the right of women to vote and influence society.
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 ...
Benjamin Lay (January 26, 1682 – February 8, 1759) was an English-born abolitionist, an animal-rights advocate, an anti-racist activist, a writer, a quasi-vegan, and farmer. Born in Copford, Essex, into a Quaker family, he initially underwent an apprenticeship as a glovemaker before running away to London and finding work as a sailor.
Timeline: The women's rights movement in the US. Historians describe two waves of feminism in history: the first in the 19 th century, growing out of the anti-slavery movement, and the second, in ...
John Woolman; Martha Coffin Wright; Lillie Buffum Chace Wyman This page was last edited on 14 January 2025, at 18:45 (UTC). ... Category: Quaker abolitionists.
By 1727 British Quakers had expressed their official disapproval of the slave trade. [10] Three Quaker abolitionists, Benjamin Lay, John Woolman, and Anthony Benezet, devoted their lives to the abolitionist effort from the 1730s to the 1760s, with Lay founding the Negro School in 1770, which would serve more than 250 pupils.