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Book Synopsisis book explores the growth of abolitionism among Quakers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey from 1688 to 1780, providing a case study of how groups change their moral attitudes. Dr. Soderlund details the long battle fought by reformers like gentle John Woolman and eccentric Benjamin Lay. The eighteenth-century Quaker humanitarians succeeded only after
Trade Review"Jean R. Soderlund describes and analyzes how Quakers in the Delaware Valley moved from an unthinking but extensive involvement in slavery in the late seventeenth century to a commitment to eradication of this evil among themselves before the end of the eighteenth century... Taken together, the three variables [described by Soderlund] provide a powerful and persuasive framework within which to view the 'Divided Spirit' that characterized the Quaker response to slavery between the 1680s and 1780s."--Owen S. Ireland, William and Mary Quarterly
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*FIGURES, pg. viii*TABLES, pg. ix*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xi*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xiii*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER 1. Abolitionists Confront the Meeting, pg. 15*CHAPTER 2. Leadership and Control of the Yearly Meeting, pg. 32*CHAPTER 3. Slavery: Temptation and Challenge, pg. 54*CHAPTER 4. The Local Meetings Debate Slavery, pg. 87*CHAPTER 5. Shrewsbury and Chesterfield Meetings, pg. 112*CHAPTER 6. Chester and Philadelphia Meetings, pg. 148*CONCLUSION. The Limits of Quaker Reform, pg. 173*APPENDICES, pg. 189*INDEX, pg. 211
