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John Woolman (October 19, 1720 /October 30, 1720 – October 7, 1772) was an American merchant, tailor, journalist, Quaker preacher, and early abolitionist during the colonial era. Based in Mount Holly , near Philadelphia , he traveled through the American frontier to preach Quaker beliefs, and advocate against slavery and the slave trade ...
Apr 16, 2024 · John Woolman (born October 19, 1720, Ancocas, New Jersey [U.S.]—died October 7, 1772, York, Yorkshire, England) was a British-American Quaker leader and abolitionist whose Journal is recognized as one of the classic records of the spiritual inner life.
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Oct 19, 2020 · Today—October 19, 2020—marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of John Woolman, a humanitarian who played a central role in the abolition of slavery. I regard him as a John the Baptist on the issue, a man whose appearance laid the foundation for the anti-slavery movement.
John Woolman. 1720 – 1772. Thought by many to be the central figure of 18 th Century Quaker faith and social reform, he was an abolitionist, reformer, writer and minister. He was very influential in the anti-slavery movement in America.
John Woolman, a well known Quaker abolitionist, was born in 1720 in Burlington County, New Jersey. Woolman served as a minister of Burlington Monthly Meeting in West Jersey. He married Sarah Ellis and had one daughter.
Oct 6, 2008 · The journal of the Quaker mystic and abolitionist John Woolman has never been out of print since 1774, when it was first published. Along with Woolman’s pamphlets and speeches, the journal...
While his activities did not lead to the abolition of slavery as an institution in his own time, Woolman did succeed in converting individuals and in persuading the organized Quaker church in Pennsylvania to officially adopt abolitionist resolutions.
