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Thisunabridgededitionofthejournalcontainsallelevenchapters,takingusthroughthememorablelifeofthespiritualandintrepidJohnWoolman,aQuakerwhotookituponhimselftospreadthewordofGodthroughoutfrontiersofBritishterritorywhichhadbarelybeenmapped.Publishedalmost250yearsago,thisbookistodayconsideredoneoftheearliestclassicsofAmericanspiritualism.
Anearlyanti-slaverycampaigner,JohnWoolmanspentyearsconvincingfellowQuakersnottokeepslaves,havingmuchsuccessintheseefforts.Inlaterlife,hewouldspreadtheseeffortstoQuakermeetinghousesthroughoutEngland,tothepointwherebytheendofhislife,slaveryhadbecomewidelyopposedwithintheSocietyofFriends.Hewasalsoastrongproponentagainstcrueltytoanimals,andagainsteconomicexploitationandoppression,togetherwithmilitaryconscription.
Whetheryouareinsearchofspiritualguidance,orwishtolearnmoreofthetimeandplaceinwhichJohnWoolmanpracticed,thisjournalisafineandworthyread. |
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