TY  - BOOK
AU  - Plank,Geoffrey
TI  - John Woolman's Path to the Peaceable Kingdom: A Quaker in the British Empire
T2  - Early American Studies
SN  - 9780812207125
AV  - BX7795.W7 P53 2012 
U1  - 289.6092 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press
KW  - Woolman, John,--1720-1772
KW  - Quakers--United States--Biography
KW  - Abolitionists--United States--Biography
KW  - Society of Friends--United States--History--18th century
KW  - Antislavery movements--United States--History--18th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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