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The Shakers are perhaps the best known of American religious communities. Their ethos and organization had a practical influence on many other communities and on society as a whole. This three volume collection presents writings from a broad cross-section of those who opposed the Shakers and their way of life.
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Green,the true Believer's Vademecum, or, Shakerism Exposed; Benjamin Green,The True Believer's Vademecum or Shakerism Exposed: Together with an Account of the Life of the Author, from his Birth to the Period of his Joining and Leaving that Society of People Called Shakers,who have Excited the Astonishment and Wonder of this Enquiring Part of the Community of this Vastly Extended Empire.(Concord, NH: Printed for the Author, 1831); Mcbride,an Account of the Doctrines, Government, Manners and Customs of the Shakers; John McBride, An Account of the Doctrines, Government, Manners, and Customs of the Shakers. With Remarks on Confessions to Catholic Priests and Shaker Elders. Cincinnati, OH, 1834; Hodgdon Just Published, Hodgdon's Lite and Manner op Living Among the Shakers; Charles Hodgdon, Just Published, Hodgdon's Life and Manner of Living Among the Shakers. Founded on Truth (Concord, NH: Published by the author, 1838); [Anon.],A Return of Departed Spirits of the Highest Characters of Distinction; [Anon.], A Return of Departed Spirits of the Highest Characters of Distinction: As Well as the Indiscriminate of All Nations, into the Bodies of the 'Shakers', or 'United Society of Believers in the Second Advent of the Messiah' by an Associate of Said Society (Philadelphia, PA: J. R. Colon, 1843); Stone,Lo Here and Lo There!; Horatio Stone, Lo Here and Lo There!, or, The Grave of the Heart (New York: Printed for the author, 1846); [Anon.], 'The Shaker Concert'; [Anon.], 'The Shaker Concert' (Dedham, MA),Norfolk Democrat, 5 February 1847, p. 3; Pillow,Trial of the Shakers; Pillow, Trial of the Shakers: For an Attempt to Restrain the Wife and Three Children of William H. Pillow: An Exposure of their Deceptions, and her Final Release, by a Writ of Habeas Corpus (Lowell, MA: extracted from The True Wesleyan, October 1847); [Anon.],Extract From an Unpublished Manuscript on Shaker History; [Anon.], Extract from an Unpublished Manuscript on Shaker History, (by an Eye Witness.) Giving an Accurate Description of their Songs, Dances, Marches, Visions, Visits to the Spirit land, &c. (Boston, MA: published by E. K. Allen, 1850); Dyer,Shakerism Exposed; Mary M. Dyer, Shakerism Exposed: An Abridgment of Shakerism Exposed: With an Explanation on a Book Called Dyer's Narrative (Hanover, NH: Dartmouth Press, [c. 1852]); Silent Corrections
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Christian Goodwillie
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The Shakers are perhaps the best known of American religious communities
