John Woolman's Path to the Peaceable Kingdom: A Quaker in the British Empire

Geoffrey Plank

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2012

John Woolman's Path to the Peaceable Kingdom

A Quaker in the British Empire

Geoffrey Plank

In the series Early American Studies

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812207125

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About this book

Drawing on the diaries of contemporaries, personal correspondence, the minutes of Quaker meetings, business and probate records, pamphlets, and other sources, this book shows that Woolman and his neighbors were far more engaged with the problems of inequality, trade, and warfare than previously understood.

Author / Editor information

Geoffrey Plank is Professor in the School of American Studies, University of East Anglia. He is author of An Unsettled Conquest: The British Campaign Against the Peoples of Acadia and Rebellion and Savagery: The Jacobite Rising of 1745 and the British Empire, both also available from University of Pennsylvania Press.

Reviews

"This splendid study is perhaps the best attempt to date to explain Woolman. . . .Highly Recommended."—Choice

"Plank's approach allows us to understand the extent to which John Woolman was both a man of his time and a discerning prophet."—The Journal of American History

"A carefully researched and quietly brilliant work that provides a genuinely new perspective on a familiar figure in the history of antislavery. Plank finds in Woolman not only an early opponent of slavery but also an ardent critic of most every facet of commercial life in the Delaware Valley and, more generally, the British Empire."—Christopher Brown, Columbia University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. Past Ages: History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
Chapter 2. Deserts and Lonely Places: Social Diversion and Solitary Meditation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Chapter 3. More Than Was Required: Quaker Meetings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Chapter 4. The Road to Large Business: Family and Work Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Chapter 5. A Dark Gloominess Hanging over the Land: Slavery Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Chapter 6. Men in Military Posture: The Seven Years’ War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Chapter 7. Not in Words Only: Conspicuous Instructive Behavior Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Chapter 8. The Deep: Crossing the Sea Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Chapter 9. A Messenger Sent from the Almighty: England and Death Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	283
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 304
Illustrations
- Other: 15 illus.
Keywords: American History; Biography; American Studies; Biography; Autobiography

eBook

Published: March 19, 2012
ISBN: 9780812207125