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Christianity · 1774
The Journal of John Woolman
A Quaker’s record of the inner light, simplicity and patient resistance to slavery.
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- 1Appreciation — John Greenleaf Whittier, Part I
- 2Appreciation — John Greenleaf Whittier, Part II
- 3I. Childhood and the Call to Ministry (1720–1742)
- 4II. First Religious Journeys (1743–1748)
- 5III. Family, Work and the Testimony against Slavery (1749–1756)
- 6IV. Southern Travels and the Trials of War (1757–1758)
- 7V. Visits to New England (1757–1758)
- 8VI. Conscience, Taxation and Slavery (1758–1759)
- 9VII. Ministry and Humility (1760)
- 10VIII. A Visit to the Indians at Wehaloosing (1761–1763)
- 11IX. Universal Righteousness and Restitution (1763–1769)
- 12X. The West Indies Concern and Illness (1769–1770)
- 13XI. The Voyage to England (1772)
- 14XII. Religious Visits in England (1772)
- 15Account of Woolman’s Last Illness and Death — His Attendants
- 16Appendix I. The Testimony of Friends in Yorkshire
- 17Appendix II. The Testimony of Friends in Burlington
- 18Historical Notes
