The First Emancipation: The Abolition of Slavery in the North |
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... Woolman , a twenty - three - year - old Quaker of Mount Holly , New Jersey , was asked by his employer to write a bill of sale for a Negro slave , a routine matter in a slave society . John Woolman , however , was no routine Quaker ...
... Woolman , a twenty - three - year - old Quaker of Mount Holly , New Jersey , was asked by his employer to write a bill of sale for a Negro slave , a routine matter in a slave society . John Woolman , however , was no routine Quaker ...
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... Woolman struck squarely at the root of slavery . Although Negroes were obviously not at the same educa- tional and cultural level as their masters , Woolman cogently argued that this was the result of slavery , not of any innate ...
... Woolman struck squarely at the root of slavery . Although Negroes were obviously not at the same educa- tional and cultural level as their masters , Woolman cogently argued that this was the result of slavery , not of any innate ...
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... Woolman's reply demolished this argument . He reminded his opponents that Quakers should follow " the Mind of Truth , " regardless of material interests . The cries of the oppressed slaves had been heard by God and " he hath opened our ...
... Woolman's reply demolished this argument . He reminded his opponents that Quakers should follow " the Mind of Truth , " regardless of material interests . The cries of the oppressed slaves had been heard by God and " he hath opened our ...
Contents
THE TRIUMPH OF GRADUAL | 169 |
BEYOND GRADUAL ABOLITION | 201 |
APPENDIX | 231 |
Copyright | |
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