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  2. The Journal of John Woolman - Wikipedia

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    Woolman seems to believe in the importance of anti-mercantilism, as following his decision to forgo his wealth he becomes much more visionary and believes to become closer to God. The 1971 version of The Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman [ 4 ] includes his Plea for the Poor, or a Word of Remembrance and Caution to the Rich , originally ...

  3. John Woolman - Wikipedia

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    Books. The Journal of John Woolman, published posthumously in 1774 by Joseph Crukshank, a Philadelphia Quaker printer. Several subsequent editions are available, including the respected Whittier edition of 1871. The modern standard scholarly edition is The Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman, ed., Phillips P. Moulton, Friends United Press ...

  4. History of the Quakers - Wikipedia

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    Virginia was a bastion of slaveholding. In 1765, the Quaker minister John Griffith wrote that " the life of religion is almost lost where slaves are numerous..the practice being as contrary to the spirit of Christianity as light is to darkness" Two other early prominent Friends to denounce slavery were Anthony Benezet and John Woolman. They ...

  5. Quakers in the abolition movement - Wikipedia

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    In the 1740s and 1750s, anti-slavery sentiment took a firmer hold. A new generation of Quakers, including John Woolman, Anthony Benezet, and David Cooper, protested against slavery, and demanded that Quaker society cut ties with the slave trade. They were able to carry popular Quaker sentiment with them and, beginning in the 1750s ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Reginald Reynolds - Wikipedia

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    A discussion of the problems of sanitation raised by Sir John Harington, etc. (1943) The New Indian Rope Trick: or What became of the debt? (1943) The Fallow Ground of the Heart (1945) Og and other Ogres (1946) with illustrations by Quentin Crisp; The Wisdom of John Woolman: with a selection from his writings as a guide to the seekers of today ...

  8. From Traveling Singer to Bestselling Author: 'This Wasn't a ...

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    Related: PEOPLE’s Best Books of January 2025: New Fiction from Rebecca Kauffman, Adam Ross and More. Today, I’m grateful for both the path I left and the one I chose to follow now. Moving ...

  9. Anthony Benezet - Wikipedia

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    Anthony Benezet (January 31, 1713 – May 3, 1784) was a French-born American abolitionist and teacher who was active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.A prominent member of the abolitionist movement in North America, Benezet founded one of the world's first anti-slavery societies, the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage.

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