The Journal of John Woolman (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Whittier, John G.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440034400 ISBN 13 : 9781440034404

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover the daily reflections of a Quaker tailor whose small, steady choices helped advance abolition and human dignity.

This respected journal offers a window into the life of John Woolman, a humble tailor whose faith and conscience propelled him to challenge the slave trade. Through travels, meetings, and quiet acts of reform, the author records moments of doubt, resolve, and compassion that shaped a broader moral movement. The book presents practical, spiritual reflections on justice, stewardship, and living with integrity in a world of unequal power.

Readers will follow Woolman’s journeys from town to town as he engages with friends, confronts slavery’s injustices, and wrestles with how to apply moral principle in daily life. The text blends personal devotion with social critique, inviting readers to consider how small acts can echo in communities and laws.

• Intimate portrayals of a conscience-led life on the road, in meetings, and within families.
• Thoughtful discussions about slavery, commerce, and the responsibilities of citizens.
• Examples of restraint, courage, and practical action in pursuing justice.
• Historical context for the early abolition movement within Quaker communities.

Ideal for readers interested in abolitionist history, 18th‑century religious reform, and personal narratives of moral growth.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Some great reform which lifts the world to a higher level, some mighty change for which the ages have waited in anxious expectancy, takes place before our eyes, and, in seeking to trace it back to its origin, we are often surprised to find the initial link in the chain of causes to be some comparatively obscure indi vidual, the divine commission and significance of whose life were scarcely understood by his contem poraries, and perhaps not even by himself. The little one has become a thousand the handful of corn shakes like Lebanon. The kingdom of God cometh not by observation ;and the only solution of the mystery is in the reflection that through the humble instrumentality Divine power was mani fested, and that the Everlasting Arm was beneath the human one.
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Biographie de l'auteur

John Woolman (1720-1772) was a North American merchant, tailor, journalist and itinerant Quaker preacher, and an early abolitionist in the colonial era. Based in Mount Holly, New Jersey, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he traveled through frontier areas of British North America to preach Quaker beliefs, and advocate against slavery and the slave trade, cruelty to animals, economic injustices and oppression, and conscription; from 1755 during the French and Indian War, he urged tax resistance to deny support to the military. In 1772, Woolman traveled to England, where he urged Quakers to support abolition of slavery. Woolman published numerous essays, especially against slavery. He kept a journal throughout his life; it was published posthumously, entitled The Journal of John Woolman (1774). Included in Volume I of the Harvard Classics since 1909, it is considered a prominent American spiritual work. The Journal has been continuously in print since 1774, published in numerous editions; the most recent scholarly edition was published in 1989.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440034400
• ISBN 13: 9781440034404
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 327
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