Quakers and Slavery

A Divided Spirit

Jean R. Soderlund

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Princeton University Press
14 July 2014

History of the Americas; Slavery & abolition of slavery; Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)

Series: Princeton Legacy Library

is 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 they diluted their goals to attract wider support, establishing a gradualistic, paternalistic, and segregationist model for the later antislavery movement. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

By: Jean R. Soderlund
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 3267
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 312g
ISBN: 9780691601113
ISBN 10: 0691601119
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Pages: 236
Publication Date: 14 July 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Quakers and Slavery: A Divided Spirit

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