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The beautiful soul of John Woolman, apostle of abolition

Title
The beautiful soul of John Woolman, apostle of abolition / Thomas P. Slaughter.
Author
Slaughter, Thomas P. (Thomas Paul)
Publication
New York : Hill and Wang, 2008.

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Description
449 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Summary
A biography of the famous eighteenth-century Quaker whose abolitionist fervor and spiritual practice made him a model for generations of Americans.
Subject
  • Woolman, John, 1720-1772
  • Quakers > United States > Biography
  • Abolitionists > United States > Biography
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-428) and index.
Contents
Prologue: How to begin? -- Revelations, 1720-28 -- Transition, 1729-30 -- Sinner and saints, 1731-35 -- Young man Wool, 1736-43 -- Charity, 1743-53 -- Nightmares, 1754-55 -- Taxed, 1756-57 -- Pure wisdom, 1758-59 -- Words, 1760-63 -- Travels, 1764-69 -- Growth, 1769-72 -- Away, 1772 -- Home, 1772 -- How to end, 1772 -- Epilogue: a new beginning.
Call Number
Sc E 10-692
ISBN
  • 9780809095148 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0809095149 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008022765
OCLC
  • 213300802
  • vendorOCN213300802
Author
Slaughter, Thomas P. (Thomas Paul)
Title
The beautiful soul of John Woolman, apostle of abolition / Thomas P. Slaughter.
Imprint
New York : Hill and Wang, 2008.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [401]-428) and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 10-692
JFE 09-1658
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