John Woolman's path to the peaceable kingdom : a Quaker in the British Empire /
The abolitionist John Woolman (1720-72) has been described as a "Quaker saint," an isolated mystic, singular even among a singular people. But as historian Geoffrey Plank recounts, this tailor, hog producer, shopkeeper, schoolteacher, and prominent Quaker minister was very much enmeshed in...
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2012.
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| ISBN: | 9780812244052 0812244052 9781283897051 1283897059 9780812207125 0812207122 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Past Ages: History
- Chapter 2. Deserts and Lonely Places: Social Diversion and Solitary Meditation
- Chapter 3. More Than Was Required: Quaker Meetings
- Chapter 4. The Road to Large Business: Family and Work
- Chapter 5. A Dark Gloominess Hanging over the Land: Slavery
- Chapter 6. Men in Military Posture: The Seven Years' War
- Chapter 7. Not in Words Only: Conspicuous Instructive Behavior
- Chapter 8. The Deep: Crossing the Sea
- Chapter 9. A Messenger Sent from the Almighty: England and Death
- Epilogue
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments.