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Book SynopsisTruth waits for eyes unclouded by longing.'Lao-Tzu (poet and philosopher)In this collection of short, contemplative, enlightening reflections, spiritual teacher and Quaker Christopher Goodchild, inspired by his own experiences, guides you through his spiritual and philosophical journey to his truest and most peaceful self. Written from a 'soul' perspective, the book reveals how, by looking beyond vulnerability to see innate strength, and searching beyond pain and turmoil to find peace and serenity, anyone can affirm their true humanity despite the hardships and distractions of modern life.Christopher's compassionate route through difficulties, doubt, grief and fear is marked with dynamic tenderness and an artful embrace of abundant sources of wisdom. Spirituality, psychology and philosophy are seamlessly woven together in an inclusive Quaker context, led by the common values of love and forgiveness.In a world increasingly weighed down with the baggage of the self, this book will speak to anyone searching for a more clear-sighted, meaningful presence in the eternal universe.Trade ReviewWith a wisdom honed by transformative pain, Christopher Goodchild invites us to suffuse our lives with a spacious consciousness from which to engage with what is. A moving, beautiful and profoundly truthful book. -- Jennifer Kavanagh, author of ‘The World is our Cloister’ and ‘A Little Book of Unknowing’Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Unclouded By Longing. 2. Befriending Your Black Dog. 3. Healing The Wounds Of Separation. 4. The World As A Stage. 5. The Sorrowful Price Of Freedom. 6. The Second Arrow. 7. The Heart As A Lonely Hunter. 8. To Love What Is. 9. The Light Behind The Watcher. 10. Allowing Your Body To Speak Its Mind. 11. Life As A Painful Gift. 12. The Light Dressed Up As 'Self' And 'Other'. 13. What Desire Are You Using To Give Up Desire? 14. 'Being' In Uncertainty. 15. Dancing With Fear. 16. Whisper "Yes". 17. Waiting In The Light. 18. Quaker Meeting For Worship. 19. Autism As A Flower. 20. The Mystery Of Prayer. 21. Divine Play Of Father And Son. 22. Coming Home To 'Being'. 23. The Quaker Way. 24. Entrusting Yourself To The Waves. 25. The Shadowlands. 26. The Infinite Sky Within. 27. Autism And Spirituality. 28. Eating Poppies With The Dead. 29. The Ocean And The Waves. 30. The Mountain Of Truth. 31. What Is It You Truly Long For? 32. The Gift Of Not Knowing. 33. A Doorway Into Truth.34. 'Being' En Route. 35. A Wounded Tree Still Blossoms. 36. The Sacred Heart Of Jesus. 37. Autism... It's Not What You Think. 38. Nothing Special. 39. There Is Nothing New. 40. Laughter As A Doorway. 41. Being An Elder. 42. Dropping Your Anchor. 43. Allowing Messiness. 44. It's All An Open Secret. 45. Eternally Grateful. 46. Spiritual Bypassing. 47. The Seeker. 48. Autism As An Awakening. 49. ...And Then The Blackbird Sings. 50. Dancing With The Elephant In The Room. 51. The Life That Never Ends. 52. It's All Perfect. 53. Sweet Etty Hillesum. 54. Giving In But Not Giving Up. 55. You Are The Music. 56. Thought For The Day. 57. Going Underground. 58. Using Your Stories Up. 59. The Play Of Darkness And Light. 60. The End Of Words.

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Book SynopsisA study of Lancashire Quakers and the establishment between 1660 and 1730.

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Book SynopsisShows how Quakers forged a paradoxical sense of their place in the world as militant warriors fighting for peace. The author argues that during the turbulent Age of Revolution and Reaction, the Religious Society of Friends forged a holy nation, a transnational community of like-minded believers committed to divine law and to one another.Trade Review"Crabtree has presented a strong and compelling history of the Quaker challenge to emergent nationalism during the Age of Revolutions. Well-grounded theoretically and smoothly written, Holy Nation is highly intriguing, is deeply researched, and offers a creative and important intervention in the fields of religious and Atlantic history." (Katherine Carte Engel, Southern Methodist University)

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"To Live Peaceably Together is an original and highly readable book that reorients our understanding of the Black Freedom Struggle in the North by focusing on an advocacy group run mainly by white allies, a historical topic with great contemporary relevance. I salute K'Meyer's achievement in telling this fascinating and overlooked story." * Todd Michney, Georgia Institute of Technology *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 Getting Started: Launching the Housing Opportunities Programs Chapter 2 Organizing the Suburbs: White Fair Housers and Black Pioneers Chapter 3 Direct Action: Battering the Gates, Nonviolently Chapter 4 Speaking Truth to Power: Using the Power of Government to Integrate Housing Chapter 5 Community Organizing: "A People Program in a Housing Context" Conclusion Acknowledgments Archive Collection Abbreviations Notes Index

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Book SynopsisOffers a collection of fifteen insightful essays that examines the complexity and diversity of Quaker antislavery attitudes across three centuries, from 1658 to 1890. This volume seeks to correct that oversight, offering accessible and provocative insights on a key chapter of religious, political, and cultural history.Trade Review"A nicely balanced volume in every way, important not only for what it covers but also for how it will inspire future students of Quakers and race. These essays encourage other scholars to reexamine Quakers and their interracial activism, while suggesting a variety of useful new perspectives and tools."--Allan W. Austin, author of Quaker Brotherhood: Interracial Activism and the American Friends Service Committee, 1917-1950 "The editors write in their introduction that they hope 'the essays offered here will raise as many questions as they answer and encourage further research' (p. 10). They succeed admirably in this goal, presenting a strong collection of essays that leave one inspired to learn more."--The North Carolina Historical Review "This work provides a more complete understanding of the diversity and complexity of historical Quaker responses to slavery/anti-slavery."--Choice "This book. . .. puts on the table numerous richly detailed pieces of the puzzle that is Quakers antislavery. The essays are a pleasure to read, both individually and as a group, and they are indicative of the exciting directions in which scholarship at the intersection of Quaker and abolitionist historiography might be headed."--Civil War Book Review"An excellent overview of recent scholarship on Quaker antislavery and introduces readers to several new topics for future analysis. . . . the book should be of interest to those long familiar with this subject as well as to a broader audience seeking to understand the influence of the Quakers' religious experience on the antislavery movement."--The Journal of American History "The book is remarkably transatlantic (in its contributors and its subjects) and will serve to expand and enrich our analyses of the British and American antislavery movement(s)."--American Studies Table of ContentsContributors Dee E. Andrews, Kristen Block, Brycchan Carey, Christopher Densmore, Andrew Diemer, J. William Frost, Thomas D. Hamm, Nancy A. Hewitt, Maurice Jackson, Anna Vaughan Kett, Emma Jones Lapsansky-Werner, Gary B. Nash, Geoffrey Plank, Ellen M. Ross, Marie-Jeanne Rossignol, James Emmett Ryan, and James Walvin.

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Book SynopsisCommitted abolitionist, controversial Quaker minister, tireless pacifist, fiery crusader for women''s rights--Lucretia Mott was one of the great reformers in America history. Her sixty years of sermons and speeches reached untold thousands of people. Yet Mott eschewed prepared lectures in favor of an extemporaneous speaking style inspired by the inner light at the core of her Quaker faith. It was left to stenographers, journalists, Friends, and colleagues to record her words for posterity. Drawing on widely scattered archives, newspaper accounts, and other sources, Lucretia Mott Speaks unearths the essential speeches and remarks from Mott''s remarkable career. The editors have chosen selections representing important themes and events in her public life. Extensive annotations provide vibrant context and show Mott''s engagement with allies and opponents. The speeches illuminate her passionate belief that her many causes were all intertwined. The result is an authoritative resoTrade Review"Many of the most evocative and informative entries in this collection are not ones Mott polished and edited for publication, but accounts of her words paraphrased or hurriedly recorded by reporters and scribes. Newspaper reports, in particular, contain vivid descriptions of her demeanour and manner of speaking, and the effect that she had on others in the room. Her impact was enormous." --Journal of Ecclesiastical History"Eye-opening and invigorating. The editors have, quite sensibly, employed a light editorial hand, preferring to let Mott's speeches take center stage, and to let Mott herself stand in the spotlight. This is a wonderful collection."--Anne Boylan, author of Women's Rights in the United States: A History in Documents"For those who want to delve deeply into the thinking of Lucretia Mott, this book offers an excellent look into her interrelated causes. . . . This collection shows how she managed to mention so many of her favorite topics in her talks."--Friends Journal"This book lays excellent groundwork for much-needed scholarship.... General readers will be pleasantly surprised to find a lively, spirited, radical, complex woman who defies common stereotypes." --Quaker Studies"This superb and authoritative collection of speeches and sermons of radical activist and renowned orator Lucretia Mott conveys the breadth and depth of Mott’s visionary leadership in abolition, women's rights, religious and political reform, and education and peace."--Ellen Ross, author of The Grief of God: Images of the Suffering Jesus in Late Medieval England"Highly recommended."--ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction xi Editorial Policies xxix lucretia mott speaks: the essential speeches and sermons Twelfth Street Meeting, Philadelphia, 1818 3 Pennsylvania Hall, Philadelphia, May 16 and 17, 1838 3 New England Non-Resistance Society, Chardon Street Chapel, Boston, September 25–27, 1839 4 Unitarian Chapel, August 9, 1840, Glasgow, Scotland 6 Marlboro Chapel, Boston, September 23, 1841 8 Rose Street Meeting, New York City, September 29, 1841 14 Manhattan Society, Asbury Church, New York City, September 29, 1841 15 Unitarian Church, Washington, D.C., January 15, 1843 16 Hicksite Meetinghouse, Rochester, New York, July 21, 1844 27 Unitarian Christians Convention, First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, October 22, 1846 28 Anti-Sabbath Convention, The Melodeon, Boston, March 24, 1848 30 American Anti-Slavery Society, Broadway Tabernacle, New York City, May 9, 1848 39 Women’s Rights Convention, Wesleyan Chapel, Seneca Falls, New York, July 19–20, 1848 44 Women’s Rights Convention, Unitarian Church, Rochester, New York, August 2, 1848 45 “Sermon to the Medical Students,” Cherry Street Meeting, Philadelphia, February 11, 1849 48 American Anti-Slavery Society, Minerva Rooms, New York City, May 8, 1849 55 Cherry Street Meeting, Philadelphia, November 4, 1849 56 Cherry Street Meeting, Philadelphia, November 6, 1849 64 “Discourse on Woman,” Assembly Buildings, Philadelphia, December 17, 1849 68 Cherry Street Meeting, Philadelphia, March 31, 1850 81 Women’s Rights Convention, Brinley Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts, October 23–24, 1850 87 Isaac T. Hopper Memorial Service, Broadway Tabernacle, New York City, May 12, 1852 92 Women’s Rights Convention, Horticultural Hall, West Chester, Pennsylvania, June 2–3, 1852 93 Women’s Rights Convention, City Hall, Syracuse, New York, September 8–10, 1852 95 Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, Horticultural Hall, West Chester, Pennsylvania, October 25–26, 1852 100 Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, Assembly Buildings, Philadelphia, December 15–16, 1852 102 Women’s Rights Convention, Broadway Tabernacle, New York City, September 6–7, 1853 104 Women’s Rights Convention, Melodeon Hall, Cleveland, October 5 and 7, 1853 110 Rose Street Meeting, New York City, November 11, 1855 120 Women’s Rights Convention, Broadway Tabernacle, New York City, November 25–26, 1856 122 Yardleyville, Pennsylvania, September 26, 1858 127 American Anti-Slavery Society, Assembly Rooms, New York City, May 11, 1859 137 Anti-Slavery Sympathy Meeting, Assembly Buildings, Philadelphia, December 16, 1859 138 Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, Town-Hall, Kennett Square, October 25–26, 1860 139 Fifteenth Street Meeting, New York City, June 1, 1862 142 30th Anniversary of the American Anti-Slavery Society, Concert Hall, Philadelphia, December 3–4, 1863 144 American Anti-Slavery Society, Church of the Puritans and Cooper Institute, New York City, May 10–11, 1864 148 Women’s Rights Convention, Church of the Puritans, New York City, May 10, 1866 151 Fifteenth Street Meeting, New York City, November 11, 1866 153 Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, November 22–23, 1866 160 American Equal Rights Association, Church of the Puritans, New York City, May 9–10, 1867 163 Free Religious Association, Horticultural Hall, Boston, May 30, 1867 166 Second Unitarian Church, Brooklyn, New York, November 24, 1867 171 Pennsylvania Peace Society, Assembly Buildings, Philadelphia, November 17–18, 1868 178 Race Street Meeting, Philadelphia, March 14, 1869 180 Women’s Suffrage Meeting, Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York, May 14, 1869 189 Pennsylvania Peace Society, Friends’ Meeting House, Abington, Pennsylvania, September 19, 1869 191 Opening of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, November 10, 1869 195 Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society, Assembly Buildings, March 24, 1870 196 American Anti-Slavery Society, Apollo Hall, New York City, April 9, 1870 197 Reform League, Steinway Hall, New York City, May 9, 1871 199 Fifteenth Street Meeting, New York City, May 26, 1872 199 Funeral of Mary Ann W. Johnson, Home of Oliver Johnson, New York City, June 10, 1872 201 Free Religious Association, Tremont Temple, Boston, May 30, 1873 203 Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting, Race Street, November 4, 1873 205 Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery, Concert Hall, Philadelphia, April 14, 1875 207 Free Religious Association, Beethoven Hall, Boston, May 28, 1875 207 Women’s Peace Festival, Institute Hall, Philadelphia, June 2, 1875 209 Women’s Peace Festival, Mercantile Hall, Philadelphia, June 2, 1876 211 30th Anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention, Unitarian Church, Rochester, New York, July 19, 1878 214 Acknowledgments 217 Index 219

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsPreface and Acknowledgments from the First Edition of 2000Introduction to the Twentieth Anniversary EditionPart 1: Quaker Beginnings, 1646–16581. Genesis2. The Quaker Explosion3. The Consequences of James NaylerPart 2: Shaping the Quaker Faith4. The Biblical Framework5. The Kingdom of the Lord6. Putting Experience into Words7. Heated Controversy8. Serious TheologyPart 3: Quakers in Practice9. Walking in the Light10. Foundations of the Gospel Order11. Quakers Meeting 12. “Sufferings” Before the RestorationPart 4: Turmoil and Transition, 1659–166613. The Defeat of the Radicals14. Survival15. The Consequences of John Perrot16. Poetry, Testimonies, and Pastoral Epistles17. MetamorphosisAppendix 1: Sources of Information for Early QuakerismAppendix 2: Research MethodsAppendix 3: Table of PublicationsNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisAn interdisciplinary investigation of nineteenth-century Quaker women’s cultural challenges, historical landmarks, and gender transgressions. Explores the dynamic ways that Quaker women were active agents of social and cultural change within multiple contexts. Trade Review“This volume is an engaging overview of the diversity of women's experiences in a pivotal century for the Society of Friends. The essays offer important new insights on how Quaker women navigated competing religious and social expectations.”—Carol Faulkner,Syracuse UniversityTable of ContentsForeword by Janet ScottList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionRobynne Rogers Healey and Carole Dale SpencerPart 1: Engaging Conflict and Separations1. Hicksite Women in the Long Nineteenth CenturyThomas D. Hamm2. Elizabeth Robson, Transatlantic Women Ministers, and the Hicksite-Orthodox SchismRobynne Rogers Healey3. Women in the World of George W. Taylor: The Public and Private Worlds of Orthodox Quaker WomenJulie L. HolcombPart 2: Engaging Diversity4. Vocation, Religious Identity, and the Abolitionist Networks of Sarah Mapps Douglass and Sojourner TruthStephen W. Angell5. “She Hath Done What She Could”: The Charitable Antislavery Work of Eleanor Clark of StreetAnna Vaughan Kett6. Ruth Esther Smith (1870–1947): Foremother to Friends in Central AmericaJennifer M. BuckPart 3: Engaging Sacred and Secular Literature7. An Unforeseen Consequence of the Orthodox-Hicksite Schism (1827–1828): The Fiction Writing of Amelia Opie, Helen Hunt Jackson, Mary Howitt, and Mary Hallock FooteIsabelle Cosgrave8. A Friendly Daughter: Lucy Barton’s (Ex-)Quaker Identity, Cultural Negotiations, and Authorial InheritanceNancy Jiwon Cho9. The “Mystic Sense” of Scripture as Taught by Holiness Quaker Hannah Whitall SmithCarole Dale SpencerPart 4: Engaging the Wider Social and Cultural World10. “Radicalism Within Boundaries”: Excavating the Contribution of Women Quakers to Radical Reform in Britain and Their Transnational Networks in the Nineteenth CenturyJoan Allen and Richard C. Allen11. “We Must Hope That the Moderates with Their Quiet Attire Are the Rising Section”: British Women Friends’ Relinquishment of Plain DressHannah Rumball12. “The Joy of Doing Right”: The Humanitarian Work of Doctor Hilda Clark During the First World WarLinda PalfreemanAfterword by Emma Lapsansky-WernerSelected BibliographyList of ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisThis critical reassessment of the Quaker-sponsored humanitarian nursing convoy in 1940s China will deepen understanding of the ethical, cultural, and political barriers to delivering humanitarian assistance then and now.Trade ReviewThe book contributes in an interesting and valuable way to the history of nursing by women in faith. -- Charmaine Robson, University of New South Wales * Health and History, Vol. 20, No. 2 *Table of ContentsIntroductionPart 1: From Regional War to Global War, 1941–45Introduction to Part 11 Trial by Fire: Early Field Operations, 1941–422 A Marriage of Convenience: Courting the Chinese Nurses, 1942–433 The Salween Campaign: Humanitarian Diplomacy, 1944–454 “China Needs Good Men, and Still Better Women,” British Nurses, 1943–445 Baoshan: Professionalism, Pacifism, and Proposals, 1944–45Part 2: Navigating New Humanitarian Frontiers, 1945–51Introduction to Part 2 6 The Road to Honan: Plagues, Cholera, and Devilish Devolutions, 1944–457 Henan: Hope and Despair, 1945–478 “Early Team”: Guerrilla Warfare Nursing, 1946–47Part 3: Unwelcome Visitors: Negotiating Access with The Communists, 1947–51Introduction to Part 39 Nursing beyond the Trenches, 1947–50Conclusion: Nurse Warriors without WeaponsNotes; Bibliography; Index

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Book SynopsisIn Moral Commerce, Julie L. Holcomb traces the genealogy of the boycott of slave labor from its seventeenth-century Quaker origins through its late nineteenth-century...Trade ReviewMoral Commerce will appeal to a broad range of readers, from students in upper division undergraduate college courses to graduate students to informed readers in general. This account should certainly be read by every scholar of both American and British antislavery, black nationalism, African recolonization, and social reform movements. * H-Pennsylvania *In this important, scholarly and highly detailed new book, Julie L. Holcomb carefully examines how the Free Produce Movement took shape: its history, scope and remit, successes, failures, key players and complex organisation.... The combination of broader brushstrokes and fine detail, drawn from a wealth of primary sources, will provide fascinating reading for both specialist and non-specialist readerships. * Quaker Studies *The most carefully contextualized, thorough history of the "free-produce" movement, which boycotted goods made by slave labor and pushed to market free-labor-made products, persuasively argues for the historical importance of the free-produce minority within the minority of abolitionists. * Journal of American History *In this important, scholarly, and highly detailed new book, Julie L. Holcomb examines the successes and failures of the free produce movement.... Contributes considerably to our understanding of the ideologies, mechanisms, and impacts of free produce.... Richest in its meticulous exploration of free produce within American culture. * Winterthur Portfolio *A fascinating account that brings new sources and perspectives to bear on Quaker abolitionist activism.... Persuasively situates the history of abolitionist boycotts within the dynamic context of Quaker criticisms of transatlantic consumer culture and moral repugnance in the face of slavery's brutality. * American Historical Review *Holcomb demonstrates how the movement forced otherwise neutral parties to take a side in the debate, ensuring the discussion around free-labor goods remained relevant to the antislavery plight. Her study is a significant addition to the historiography of the free-labor movement, and her excellent work is a must-read for anyone interested in the study of the antislavery movement and Quakerism. * Reading Religion *Moral Commerce: Quakers and the Transatlantic Boycott of the Slave Labor Economy meticulously chronicles the transformation of mid-seventeenth-century Biblically-based Quaker opposition to consuming commodities produced from slave labor to an international movement equally grounded in spiritual and secular concerns. * The North Carolina Historical Review *Moral Commerce touches on labor, political, social, and cultural history in eight wide-ranging chapters of less than 300 pages. Holcomb provides readers with an engaging and concise narrative that, among other things, examines a key question that the book sets out to answer; that is, to what extent was the boycott a Quaker movement? * The Journal of African American History *Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Principle Both Moral and Commercial 1. Prize Goods: The Quaker Origins of the Slave-Labor Boycott 2. Blood-Stained Sugar: The Eighteenth-Century British Abstention Campaign 3. Striking at the Root of Corruption: American Quakers and the Boycott in the Early National Period 4. I Am a Man, Your Brother: Elizabeth Heyrick, Abstention, and Immediatism 5. Woman's Heart: Free Produce and Domesticity 6. An Abstinence Baptism: American Abolitionism and Free Produce 7. Yards of Cotton Cloth and Pounds of Sugar: The Transatlantic Free-Produce Movement 8. Bailing the Atlantic with a Spoon: Free Produce in the 1840s and 1850s Conclusion: There Is Death in the Pot!

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Book SynopsisIn a sad irony, Hannah Freeman was establishing her residency - a claim that paved the way for her removal to the poorhouse. This book reconstructs Hannah Freeman's history, traveling from the days of her grandmothers before European settlement to the beginning of the nineteenth century.Trade Review“Clear and compelling. . . . Through the life of Hannah Freeman, Marsh places the mythology of Penn’s peaceable kingdom in stark relief.”—Jean R. Soderlund, Western Historical Quarterly"A thoughtful documentation of one woman's struggle to maintain her ancestral homeland."—Booklist“In a genre that so often focuses on the lives of politically significant ‘great men’ (and occasionally women), we rarely learn of the lives of the marginalized, but this is exactly what historian Dawn G. Marsh has attempted. A Lenape among the Quakers is a scathing indictment of the hypocrisy of Quakers’ professions of peace while engaged in a land grab.”—Michelle LeMaster, Ethnohistory “Engagingly written—and impassioned as Marsh clearly chastises Hannah Freeman’s Quaker neighbors for their hypocrisy in promoting friendly relations with indigenous neighbors and landowners, while facilitating their dispossession.”—Gunlog Fur, Journal of the Early Republic “With great insight and sensitivity, Dawn Marsh has pieced together Hannah Freeman’s story. All who have ever wondered what happened to Pennsylvania’s Native people should read this book.”—Nancy Shoemaker, author of A Strange Likeness: Becoming Red and White in Eighteenth-Century North America “Using the closely examined life of a single eighteenth-century Native American woman, Dawn Marsh convincingly challenges Pennsylvania’s claim to a more just and humane treatment of its indigenous peoples, persuasively contending that Native Americans adopted complex strategies to preserve their cultural heritage, and explores the significance of the continuing mythology of ‘Indian Hannah’ Freeman—all in a good read.”—Melton McLaurin, author of Celia, A Slave“Marsh makes commendable use of the scant documentary evidence to piece together Hannah Freeman’s life. Her painstaking efforts to give Hannah a voice are impressive.” Thomas Britten, The Historian Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Chapter 1. The Examination of Hannah Freeman Chapter 2. All Our Grandmothers Chapter 3. The Peaceable Kingdom Chapter 4. Lenapehoking Lost Chapter 5. Kindness Extended Chapter 6. The Betrayal Epilogue Appendix 1. The Examination of Indian Hannah alias Hannah Freeman Appendix 2. Kindness Extended Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisOn July 28, 1797, an elderly Lenape woman stood before the newly appointed almsman of Pennsylvania's Chester County and delivered a brief account of her life. In a sad irony, Hannah Freeman was establishing her residency - a claim that paved the way for her removal to the poorhouse. A Lenape among the Quakers reconstructs Freeman's history.Trade Review“Clear and compelling. . . . Through the life of Hannah Freeman, Marsh places the mythology of Penn’s peaceable kingdom in stark relief.”—Jean R. Soderlund, Western Historical Quarterly"A thoughtful documentation of one woman's struggle to maintain her ancestral homeland."—Booklist“In a genre that so often focuses on the lives of politically significant ‘great men’ (and occasionally women), we rarely learn of the lives of the marginalized, but this is exactly what historian Dawn G. Marsh has attempted. A Lenape among the Quakers is a scathing indictment of the hypocrisy of Quakers’ professions of peace while engaged in a land grab.”—Michelle LeMaster, Ethnohistory “Engagingly written—and impassioned as Marsh clearly chastises Hannah Freeman’s Quaker neighbors for their hypocrisy in promoting friendly relations with indigenous neighbors and landowners, while facilitating their dispossession.”—Gunlog Fur, Journal of the Early Republic “With great insight and sensitivity, Dawn Marsh has pieced together Hannah Freeman’s story. All who have ever wondered what happened to Pennsylvania’s Native people should read this book.”—Nancy Shoemaker, author of A Strange Likeness: Becoming Red and White in Eighteenth-Century North America “Using the closely examined life of a single eighteenth-century Native American woman, Dawn Marsh convincingly challenges Pennsylvania’s claim to a more just and humane treatment of its indigenous peoples, persuasively contending that Native Americans adopted complex strategies to preserve their cultural heritage, and explores the significance of the continuing mythology of ‘Indian Hannah’ Freeman—all in a good read.”—Melton McLaurin, author of Celia, A Slave“Marsh makes commendable use of the scant documentary evidence to piece together Hannah Freeman’s life. Her painstaking efforts to give Hannah a voice are impressive.” Thomas Britten, The Historian Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Chapter 1. The Examination of Hannah Freeman Chapter 2. All Our Grandmothers Chapter 3. The Peaceable Kingdom Chapter 4. Lenapehoking Lost Chapter 5. Kindness Extended Chapter 6. The Betrayal Epilogue Appendix 1. The Examination of Indian Hannah alias Hannah Freeman Appendix 2. Kindness Extended Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe Reformation of American Quakerism, 1748-1783 offers a detailed history of the withdrawal of the Society of Friends from mainstream America between 1748 and the end of the American Revolution. Marietta examines the causes, course, and consequences, social and political, of the Quakers' retreat from prominent positions in civil government.Trade Review"The most important book on eighteenth-century American Quakerism." * Gary B. Nash, University of California, Los Angeles *Table of ContentsFigures and Tables Preface THE SOCIAL REFORMATION 1. The Context of Reform: Quaker Discipline 2. 2. The Beginnings of Reform, 1748-1755 3. 3. Social Reforms: Personal Behavior and Families, 1755-1783 4. The Labors and Faith of the Reformers 5. the Fruits of Reformation: New Testimonies THE POLITICAL REFORMATION 6. Prologue to Reform, 1739-1755 7. Withdrawal from Government, 1756 8. Perfecting Pacificism, 1756-1758 9. Reformation Stalled, 1763-1765 10. The Exhaustion of Quaker Politics, 1765-1775 11. Beleaguered Quakers, 1775-1782 COSUMMATION 12. Reformation in the Revolution Abbreviations Sources Notes Index

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Book SynopsisHow did Quakers reconcile their belief in plain living with their appreciation of fine material goods?Trade Review"This anthology of case studies . . . challenges conventional notions of the Society of Friends as theologically bound to plainness, showing the great variety of expression, decoration, and response to changing tastes as both makers and users of material goods." * Choice *

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Book SynopsisHow can the simple choice of a men's suit be a moral statement and a political act? When the suit is made of free-labor wool rather than slave-grown cotton. In Moral Commerce, Julie L. Holcomb traces the genealogy of the boycott of slave labor from its seventeenth-century Quaker origins through its late nineteenth-century decline. In their failures and in their successes, in their resilience and their persistence, antislavery consumers help us understand the possibilities and the limitations of moral commerce. Quaker antislavery rhetoric began with protests against the slave trade before expanding to include boycotts of the use and products of slave labor. For more than one hundred years, British and American abolitionists highlighted consumers' complicity in sustaining slavery. The boycott of slave labor was the first consumer movement to transcend the boundaries of nation, gender, and race in an effort by reformers to change the conditions of production. The movementTrade ReviewMoral Commerce will appeal to a broad range of readers, from students in upper division undergraduate college courses to graduate students to informed readers in general. This account should certainly be read by every scholar of both American and British antislavery, black nationalism, African recolonization, and social reform movements. * H-Pennsylvania *In this important, scholarly and highly detailed new book, Julie L. Holcomb carefully examines how the Free Produce Movement took shape: its history, scope and remit, successes, failures, key players and complex organisation.... The combination of broader brushstrokes and fine detail, drawn from a wealth of primary sources, will provide fascinating reading for both specialist and non-specialist readerships. * Quaker Studies *The most carefully contextualized, thorough history of the "free-produce" movement, which boycotted goods made by slave labor and pushed to market free-labor-made products, persuasively argues for the historical importance of the free-produce minority within the minority of abolitionists. * Journal of American History *In this important, scholarly, and highly detailed new book, Julie L. Holcomb examines the successes and failures of the free produce movement.... Contributes considerably to our understanding of the ideologies, mechanisms, and impacts of free produce.... Richest in its meticulous exploration of free produce within American culture. * Winterthur Portfolio *A fascinating account that brings new sources and perspectives to bear on Quaker abolitionist activism.... Persuasively situates the history of abolitionist boycotts within the dynamic context of Quaker criticisms of transatlantic consumer culture and moral repugnance in the face of slavery's brutality. * American Historical Review *Holcomb demonstrates how the movement forced otherwise neutral parties to take a side in the debate, ensuring the discussion around free-labor goods remained relevant to the antislavery plight. Her study is a significant addition to the historiography of the free-labor movement, and her excellent work is a must-read for anyone interested in the study of the antislavery movement and Quakerism. * Reading Religion *Moral Commerce: Quakers and the Transatlantic Boycott of the Slave Labor Economy meticulously chronicles the transformation of mid-seventeenth-century Biblically-based Quaker opposition to consuming commodities produced from slave labor to an international movement equally grounded in spiritual and secular concerns. * The North Carolina Historical Review *Moral Commerce touches on labor, political, social, and cultural history in eight wide-ranging chapters of less than 300 pages. Holcomb provides readers with an engaging and concise narrative that, among other things, examines a key question that the book sets out to answer; that is, to what extent was the boycott a Quaker movement? * The Journal of African American History *Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Principle Both Moral and Commercial 1. Prize Goods: The Quaker Origins of the Slave-Labor Boycott 2. Blood-Stained Sugar: The Eighteenth-Century British Abstention Campaign 3. Striking at the Root of Corruption: American Quakers and the Boycott in the Early National Period 4. I Am a Man, Your Brother: Elizabeth Heyrick, Abstention, and Immediatism 5. Woman's Heart: Free Produce and Domesticity 6. An Abstinence Baptism: American Abolitionism and Free Produce 7. Yards of Cotton Cloth and Pounds of Sugar: The Transatlantic Free-Produce Movement 8. Bailing the Atlantic with a Spoon: Free Produce in the 1840s and 1850s Conclusion: There Is Death in the Pot!

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Book SynopsisIn Quakers and Politics, Carl and Margery Post Abbott establish the theological roots of political activism among members of the Society of Friends. By profiling a number of representative individuals and describing the major institutions through which Quakers influence public policy, the Abbotts trace the history of Quaker activism and survey the political involvement of Quakers today. Quakers and Politics brings a special approach to political action that draws on 360 years of activism.

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Book SynopsisQuaker Roots and Branches explores what Quakers call their “testimonies” - the interaction of inspiration, faith and action to bring change in the world. It looks at Quaker concerns around the sustainability of the planet, peace and war, punishment, and music and the arts in the past and today. It stresses the continuity of their witness over three hundred and sixty-five years as well as their openness to change and development.

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Book SynopsisTelling the truth about God without excluding anyone is a challenge to the Quaker community. Drawing on the author’s academic research into Quaker uses of religious language and her teaching to Quaker and academic groups, Rhiannon Grant aims to make accessible some key theological and philosophical insights. She explains that Quakers might sound vague but are actually making clear and creative theological claims. Theology isn't just for wordy people or intellectuals, it's for everyone. And that's important because our religious language is related to, not separate from, our religious experience. It also becomes clear that denying other people's claims often leads to making your own and that even apparently negative positions can also be making positive statements. How do Quakers tell the truth about God? This book explores this key theological process through fourteen short chapters. As Quakers, we say that we know some things, but not very much, about God, and that we are in a constant process of trying to improve our ways of saying what we do know.

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Book SynopsisIf money troubles your soul, try this down-to-earth Quaker perspective on economies large and small. The economy, as we usually encounter it, has nothing to do with values or faith. After all, the “invisible hand” caters to no religious belief. It is all a matter of science, we are assured: economists have mastered the mathematical formulas for growth and prosperity. Our role as individuals is simply to work, consume and save, each adding our bit to the sum totals of economic activity that will keep the system humming along; the experts will take care of everything else. This breezy values-free story, however, is unlikely to be a comfortable fit for anyone who takes seriously the challenge of bringing our faith into the world. Knotty issues around economics crop up at every turn, especially if we are willing to ask the big questions: What is the economy for? How much is enough? What needs to be equal? How is well-being best measured? Who should decide? In Money and Soul this search for answers, through a Quaker lens, gives a taste of the power of applying faith values to our economic story.

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Book SynopsisQuaker Quicks - Hearing the Light begins with the foundations of Quaker theology, which is based in the Quaker method of unprogrammed, silent worship. This act of gathering as a community to wait and listen to God is at the heart of Quakerism and essential to understanding Quaker theology, which is embedded in the practice as well as explained by it. Rhiannon Grant shows how Central Quaker theological claims, such as that everyone has that of God within them, that God offers support and guidance to all who choose to listen, and that Quakers as a community are led by God to treat everyone equally, resist war, and live simply, can be understood through a consideration of this distinctive worship practice. Rhiannon Grant also explores what it means to say that this form of theology is liberal - although many Quakers are politically liberal, they have also been called "conservative radicals" (Kenneth Boulding), and the liberalism involved is not mainly political but an attitude towards diversity of thought, opinion, and especially religious belief. While united by the practice of unprogrammed worship, Quakers have no written creed and no specific beliefs are required of members. Instead, there is a prevailing attitude of continued searching, an acceptance that new evidence may appear, and a willingness to learn from others, including members of other faith communities. At a time of great religious and political division, this radical approach to faith and learning that Grant sheds light upon, has never been more prescient.

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Book SynopsisR. Melvin Keiser delves into the depths of Quaker spirituality and their philosophy, showing us that we require silence to unlock our relationship with God. Seeds of Silence: Essays in Quaker Spirituality and Philosophical Theology questions the modern world's addiction to distractions and instant gratification, and leads us toward a semi-forgotten Christian tradition of contemplative thinking.

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Book SynopsisMargaret Fell was an inspiring and practical leader in the early Quaker movement in 17th-century England. Remembered as the wife of George Fox, her writings have been largely forgotten. This book brings them to life again, with excerpts and reflections structured around the four testimonies that have continued to shape Quaker witness to this day: Simplicity, Truth, Equality and Peace. To do this, Joanna Godfrey Wood follows each passage with a modern adaptation of Fell's words and then explores her own personal responses from a 21st-century perspective. We are left with a sense of a strong and beautiful bridge linking past and present.

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Book SynopsisQuakerism has a rich tradition of engaging science and has produced many notable amateur and eminent professional scientists in fields ranging from psychology to physics. Quakers and Science discusses some of the historical reasons why Quakers embraced science, introducing ten 20th-century Quaker scientists to explore the intriguing resonances between science and Quakerism. The distinctive Quaker emphasis on deeds not creeds inspires Quaker scientists to be particularly interested in the ethical questions raised by science. And the emphasis on continual revelation implies that Quakers have welcomed the opportunity to reformulate their religious beliefs in the face of new scientific discoveries.

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Book SynopsisDo Quakers Pray is a short book for the Quaker Quicks series that considers questions such as “What is prayer?” and explores whether, when and how Quakers might pray. Do we pray together? Do we pray alone?

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Book SynopsisAnyone wanting to gain an insight into the range of Quaker beliefs would do well to read this engaging anthology of Quaker experience. I was very moved by the honesty and openness of the contributors on such thorny questions as pacifism, evil, simplicity and their understanding of God. Harvey Gillman, author of A Light that is Shining.

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Book SynopsisThe mid-seventeenth century saw both the expansion of the Baptist sect and the rise and growth of Quakerism. At first, the Quaker movement attracted some Baptist converts, but relations between the two groups soon grew hostile. Public disputes broke out and each group denounced the other in polemical tracts. Nevertheless in this book, Underwood contends that Quakers and Baptists had much in common with each other, as well as with the broader Puritan and Nonconformist tradition. By examining the Quaker/Baptist relationship in particular, Underwood seeks to understand where and why Quaker views diverged from English Protestantism in general and, in the process, to clarify early Quaker beliefs.Trade Reviewimportant book ... a fascinating, scholarly analysis of the crucial years in which Quakers defined and established their beliefs and structures ... Detailed notes and an extensive bibliography support the text ... a coherent and clear presentation of early Quaker beliefs, and their occasional difficulties in supporting them ... This book is essential reading for understanding the challenge and achievement of seventeenth century Quakerism. * The Friend *This is a valuable study. * J.F.McGregor. Ecclesistical History Vol.50 No.3 July 99. *Important book ... a fascinating, scholarly analysis of the crucial years in which Quakers defined and established their beliefs and structures ... Detailed notes and an extensive bibliography support the text ... Professor Underwood is able to give a coherent and clear presentation of early Quaker beliefs, and their occasional difficulties in supporting them ... This book is essential reading for understanding the challenge and achievement of seventeenth century Quakerism. * The Friend *

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Book SynopsisGeorge Fox (1624â91), founder of The Religious Society of Friends (or Quakers), was well known during his lifetime as a healer and worker of miracles. He wrote prolifically of how he used God's power to effect over one hundred and fifty cures, of both physical disease or injury and mental or psychological problems. This work was critical to spreading the word about Quakerism in its early years. Many of Fox's papers were lost after his death, but from the clues and fragments that remained, and a contemporary index of his works, Henry Cadbury (1883â1974) was able to create this book, published in 1948. The preface make clear that this was not intended as a work of critical analysis, though the findings are annotated with historical and documentary detail. The editor's devotion to his task is testament to the historical and spiritual significance of Fox's contribution to Quakerism.Table of ContentsForeword Rufus M. Jones; Preface; Introduction: Miracle in sixteenth-century England; Early Quaker miracles; Quaker miracles both ridiculed and demanded; Quaker claims and caution; George Fox, miracle and medicine; The lost book - recovery and contents; Contemporary publications of miracles; Attacks on published miracles; The Book of Miracles: text and notes; Index.

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