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The attraction of a life free from persecution in the New World led to a gradual Dutch Quaker migration. English Quakers in Rotterdam were permitted to transport people and cargo by ship to English colonies without restriction and throughout the 18th century many Dutch Quakers emigrated to Pennsylvania. [21]
Willem Sewel (also William) (19 April 1653 (baptised) – March 1720) [1] was a Dutch Quaker ... Life. He was son of Jacob Williamson Sewel, a free citizen and ...
The attraction of a life free from persecution in the New World led to a gradual Dutch Quaker migration. English Quakers in Rotterdam were permitted to transport people and cargo by ship to English colonies without restriction and throughout the 18th century many Dutch Quakers emigrated to Pennsylvania. There were an estimated 500 Quaker ...
George Washington Walker was an English-born Quaker. He traveled and made missionary efforts with James Blackhouse in Australia, Mauritius, and South Africa; James Backhouse, botanist and missionary for the Quaker church in Australia. Daniel Wheeler was a British Quaker who made missionaries efforts in Russia, the South Pacific, and North America.
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 ...
Pages in category "Dutch Quakers" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Beatrice Boeke-Cadbury;
The Dutch toleration debates were lengthy, bumpy, heated, and full of political intrigue and even assassination. The writer Thomas Broderick states, "I believe the true Dutch legacy is not one of toleration but of discussion. New Amsterdam and the Republic show us that a robust, open public discourse is the surest way to eventual social ...
In England, Quaker schools sprang up soon after the movement emerged, with Friends School Saffron Walden being the most prominent. [90] Quaker schools in the UK and Ireland are supported by The Friends' Schools' Council. [91] In Australia, Friends' School, Hobart, founded in 1887, has grown into the largest Quaker school in the world.