Jon R Kershner: 1 book
John Woolman and the Government of Christ
A Colonial Quaker's Vision for the British Atlantic World
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
In 1758, a Quaker tailor and sometime shopkeeper and school teacher stood up in a Quaker meeting and declared that the time had come for Friends to reject the practice of slavery. That man was John Woolman, and that moment was a significant step, among many, toward the abolition of slavery in the...
