John Woolman's Path to the Peaceable Kingdom : A Quaker in the British Empire.
Plank, Geoffrey.
John Woolman's Path to the Peaceable Kingdom : A Quaker in the British Empire. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (301 pages) - Early American Studies . - Early American Studies .
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Past Ages: History -- 2. Deserts and Lonely Places: Social Diversion and Solitary Meditation -- 3. More Than Was Required: Quaker Meetings -- 4. The Road to Large Business: Family and Work -- 5. A Dark Gloominess Hanging over the Land: Slavery -- 6. Men in Military Posture: The Seven Years' War -- 7. Not in Words Only: Conspicuous Instructive Behavior -- 8. The Deep: Crossing the Sea -- 9. A Messenger Sent from the Almighty: England and Death -- Epilogue -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Drawing on the diaries of contemporaries, personal correspondence, the minutes of Quaker meetings, business and probate records, pamphlets, and other sources, this book shows that Woolman and his neighbors were far more engaged with the problems of inequality, trade, and warfare than previously understood.
9780812207125
Woolman, John,--1720-1772.
Quakers--United States--Biography.
Abolitionists--United States--Biography.
Society of Friends--United States--History--18th century.
Antislavery movements--United States--History--18th century.
Electronic books.
BX7795.W7 P53 2012
289.6092
John Woolman's Path to the Peaceable Kingdom : A Quaker in the British Empire. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (301 pages) - Early American Studies . - Early American Studies .
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Past Ages: History -- 2. Deserts and Lonely Places: Social Diversion and Solitary Meditation -- 3. More Than Was Required: Quaker Meetings -- 4. The Road to Large Business: Family and Work -- 5. A Dark Gloominess Hanging over the Land: Slavery -- 6. Men in Military Posture: The Seven Years' War -- 7. Not in Words Only: Conspicuous Instructive Behavior -- 8. The Deep: Crossing the Sea -- 9. A Messenger Sent from the Almighty: England and Death -- Epilogue -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
Drawing on the diaries of contemporaries, personal correspondence, the minutes of Quaker meetings, business and probate records, pamphlets, and other sources, this book shows that Woolman and his neighbors were far more engaged with the problems of inequality, trade, and warfare than previously understood.
9780812207125
Woolman, John,--1720-1772.
Quakers--United States--Biography.
Abolitionists--United States--Biography.
Society of Friends--United States--History--18th century.
Antislavery movements--United States--History--18th century.
Electronic books.
BX7795.W7 P53 2012
289.6092