When the Revolutionary War began, Nathanael Greene was a private in the militia, the lowest rank possible, yet he emerged from the war with a reputation as George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer--celebrated as one of three most important generals. Upon taking com…
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Montgomery County, Maryland in the 19th century comprised a diversity of socioeconomic and racial communities. Some aspects of the community can be found in historical documents, information relating to the laboring class and enslaved peoples has been lost or omitted from the hi…
Examining the education practices in early America provides a glimpse into the structure of colonial society as a whole. More specifically, the education system sheds light on how traditionally marginalized groups gained improved opportunities within society. This thesis examine…
This thesis explores the social, economic and religious background of the independent religious community which developed across Westmorland, the Yorkshire Dales and north Lancashire in the years before 1652. This was the year when George Fox was introduced to the community at a…
From 1919 to 1924, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), supplied over 5 million German children with food aid that came to be known as the Quäkerspeisung. Following four years of fighting and the British Blockade, Germany lacked proper food reserves and production to s…
Allen Jay y el ferrocarril subterráneo
by Brill, Marlene Targ, Porter, Janice Lee
fromYo solo historia
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Type: Book
Recounts how Allen Jay, a young Quaker boy living in Ohio during the 1840s, helped a fleeing slave escape his master and make it to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
Le rabat de la jaquette indique : "Early American Quakers have long been perceived as retiring separatists, but in Holy Nation Sarah Crabtree transforms our historical understanding of the sect by drawing on the sermons, diaries, and correspondence of over one hundred transatlan…
Early American Quakers have long been perceived as retiring separatists, but in Holy Nation Sarah Crabtree transforms our historical understanding of the sect by drawing on the sermons, diaries, and correspondence of over one hundred transatlantic Quaker ministers themselves. Si…
Early American Quakers have long been perceived as retiring separatists, but in this book Sarah Crabtree transforms our historical understanding of the sect by drawing on the sermons, diaries, and correspondence of Quakers themselves.
This dissertation examines the Quakers' Ramallah Mission by focusing on the Friends Girls School, a case study of the interaction between Americans and Palestinians. It shows how both sides arrived at a "meeting ground" reflecting their shared values, such as a high regard for e…
This thesis presents an ethnographic case study into the political anthropology of contemporary religion. By exploring the ‘liquid’ faith of participants in the Religious Society of Friends (‘Quakers’), it carefully examines the social and political practices that constitute the…
Anthony Benezet (1713–1784) was one of the most enlightened men of the 18th century. Born to French Huguenot parents who fled France due to religious persecution, his family settled in Philadelphia in 1731. Rejecting his father's desire to join the family business, Benezet becam…
Baruch Spinoza, 17. yy Avrupası’nın en önemli düşünürlerinden biridir. Kutsal Kitap’a dair söylemleri çağdaşlarını ve sonraki nesilleri ciddi anlamda etkilemiştir. Yaptığı eleştirilerden dolayı Spinoza, modern dönem Kutsal Kitap eleştirisinin öncüsü kabul edilmektedir. Çalışmamı…