John Woolman's path to the peaceable kingdom : a Quaker in the British Empire /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Plank, Geoffrey Gilbert, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2012.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Early American studies.
Temas:
Woolman, John, > 1720-1772.
Woolman, John, > 1720-1772
1700-1799
Quakers > United States > Biography.
Abolitionists > United States > Biography.
Society of Friends > United States > History > 18th century.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 18th century.
Abolitionnistes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Société des Amis > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Quakers
Society of Friends
United States
"Multi-User"
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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