Monday, May 30, 2022

John Woolman: The Conscientious Quaker Who Paved the Way for the Abolitionist Movement by Lawrence Reed

Very recommendable! Another reminder of why freedom of religion is so important!

"... Woolman died in England in 1772 at the age of 51 but he had planted so many abolitionist seeds on both sides of the Atlantic that within a decade, slavery among Quakers was history. Quakers became the first Christian sect to crusade for abolition.  ..."

John Woolman: The Conscientious Quaker Who Paved the Way for the Abolitionist Movement - Foundation for Economic Education



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