Quakers and Their Allies in the Abolitionist Cause, 1754-1808

This volume explores the significant connections between the Quaker community and the abolitionist cause in America. The case studies that make up the collection mainly focus on the greater Philadelphia area, a hotbed of the abolitionist movement and the location of the first American abolition society founded in 1775. Despite the importance of Quakers to the abolitionist movement, their significance has been largely overlooked in the existing historiography. These studies will be of interest to scholars of slavery and abolition, religious history, Atlantic studies and American social and political history.

List of contents

Introduction Maurice Jackson and Susan Kozel 1. Warner Mifflin (1745-98): The Remarkable Life of an Unflinching Abolitionist Gary B. Nash 2. Sarah Woolman and the Anti-Slavery Family Geoffrey Plank 3. Friends, Family and Freedom in Colonial Philadelphia: A Black Slave-Owner Settles Her Accounts Julie Winch 4. "What Shall Be Done with the Negroes?": Anthony Benezet's Legacy: Then and Now Maurice Jackson 5. Samuel Meredith (1741–1817): American Patriot and Welsh Philanthropist Richard C. Allen 6. "Come Out of Babylon, My People": John Woolman's (1720-72) Anti-Slavery Theology and the Transatlantic Economy Jon R. Kershner 7. Rejecting the Gain of Oppression: Quaker Abstention and the Abolitionist Cause Julie L. Holcomb 8. The Trouble with Quakers: Creating Racial Tensions in East and West Jersey, 1770-85 James J. Gigantino II 9. In Pursuit of Natural Rights and Liberty: The Brothers Waln in Greater Philadelphia and the Atlantic World Susan Kozel 10. The Abolitionist Circles of Benjamin Franklin: A Reluctant Abolitionist in Context, 1750-90 Louisiane Ferlier

About the author

Maurice Jackson is Associate Professor of History and African-American Studies and Affiliated Professor of Performing Arts (Jazz) at Georgetown University.
Susan Kozel is an adjunct professor of history at Kean University.

Product details

• Authors: Maurice (Georgetown University Jackson, Maurice Kozel Jackson
• Assisted by: Maurice Jackson (Editor), Jackson Maurice (Editor), Susan Kozel (Editor), Kozel Susan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.05.2017
• EAN: 9781138058651
• ISBN: 978-1-138-05865-1
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Perspectives on Early America
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, RELIGION / Christianity / Quaker, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, Slavery and abolition of slavery, Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)