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From peace to freedom : Quaker rhetoric and the birth of American antislavery, 1657-1761
\"In the first book to investigate in detail the origins of antislavery thought and rhetoric within the Society of Friends, Brycchan Carey shows how the Quakers turned against slavery in the first half of the eighteenth century and became the first organization to take a stand against the slave trade.Through meticulous examination of the earliest writings of the Friends, including journals and letters, Carey reveals the society's gradual transition from expressing doubt about slavery to adamant opposition. He shows that while progression toward this stance was ongoing, it was slow and uneven and that it was vigorous internal debate and discussion that ultimately led to a call for abolition. His book will be a major contribution to the history of the rhetoric of antislavery and the development of antislavery thought as explicated in early Quaker writing\"-- Provided by publisher.
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John Woolman's Path to the Peaceable Kingdom
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 his local community in colonial New Jersey and was alert as well to events throughout the British Empire. Responding to the situation as he saw it, Woolman developed a comprehensive critique of his fellow Quakers and of the imperial economy, became one of the most emphatic opponents of slaveholding, and helped develop a new form of protest by striving never to spend money in ways that might encourage slavery or other forms of iniquity. Drawing on the diaries of contemporaries, personal correspondence, the minutes of Quaker meetings, business and probate records, pamphlets, and other sources,John Woolman's Path to the Peaceable Kingdomshows that Woolman and his neighbors were far more engaged with the problems of inequality, trade, and warfare than anyone would know just from reading the Quaker's own writings. Although he is famous as an abolitionist, the end of slavery was only part of Woolman's project. Refusing to believe that the pursuit of self-interest could safely guide economic life, Woolman aimed for a miraculous global transformation: a universal disavowal of greed.
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From peace to freedom : Quaker rhetoric and the birth of American antislavery, 1657-1761
Carey investigates in detail the origins of antislavery thought and rhetoric within the Society of Friends. The book shows how the Quakers turned against slavery in the first half of the eighteenth century and became the first organisation to take a stand against the slave trade. Through meticulous examination of the earliest writings of the Friends, including journals and letters, it reveals the society's gradual transition from expressing doubt about slavery to adamant opposition. The book shows that while progression toward this stance was ongoing, it was slow and uneven and that it was vigorous internal debate and discussion that ultimately led to a call for abolition.
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Liberty and conscience : a documentary history of the experiences of conscientious objectors in America through the Civil War
Part I: Colonial America1. The First Quaker Conscientious Objectors in America, 16582. Rhode Island, 1673: None to be compelled to train or fight against their consciouses3. Witnessing to the Quaker Peace Testmony4. Quakers and Naval Impressment5. Conscientious Objectors in the French and Indian WarPart II. English West Indies6. Militia Sufferings among Quakers7. Alternative Service and the Quakers of AntiguaPart III: Revolutionary America8. Quaker Militia Penalties9. Dilemmas of a Quaker Tax and Paper Currency Objector10. The German Peace Sects of Pennsylvania and the Draft11. A Peace Sect Wrestles with the Problem of Hiring a Substitute12. The Conscientious Objection of a Methodist Preacher13. The Moravian Brethren and WarPart IV: Upper Canada14. Legislative Exemption for Peace Sects15. Quakers and Military Requisitions, 1810-181716. A Quaker Family in the War of 181217. Quaker Conscientious Objectors in Rural Upper Canada, 1840Part V: The New Republic to Antebellum America18. Continuing Quaker Witness against War, 1801-182419. A Quaker Petition against Militia Conscription, 181020. A Small-Sect Militia Objector21. Pleas for Exemption of Nonsectarian Milita Objectors22. William Lloyd Garrison as a Militia Objector, 182923. Should Pacific Exempts Pay Militia Fines?24. Nonsectarian Militia Objectors in Jail25. Dilemmas of Quaker Conscientious Objectors in Antebellum AmericaPart VI: Civil War America26. A Garrisonian Mother and Her Draft-Age Sons27. William Lloyd Garrison and His Son's Exemption from Military Drill at School28. Conscript Dilemmas at the Hopedale Community29. Draft Experiences of a Conscripted Shaker30. The Civil War Diary of a Quaker Conscript31. Trials of a Quaker Conscientious Objector in the Confederate Army32. A Reluctant Conscientious Objector33. A Consistent War-Tax Objector34. A Mennonite Farmer Hires a Substitute35.
Brethren and Mennonites as Exiles from the Confederate Draft36. Adventists Confront the Draft37. A Disciple of Christ Goes the Second Mile38. Christadelphians and the Draft.
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