The beautiful soul of John Woolman, apostle of abolition
By: Thomas P. Slaughter.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 449
ISBN-13: 9780809095148
Subjects: Woolman, John, -- 1720-1772; Quakers -- United States -- Biography; Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: A biography of the famous eighteenth-century Quaker whose abolitionist fervor and spiritual practice made him a model for generations of Americans.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword: how to begin?; title: Revelations, 1720-28; title: Transition, 1729-30; title: Sinner and saints, 1731-35; title: Young man Wool, 1736-43; title: Charity, 1743-53; title: Nightmares, 1754-55; title: Taxed, 1756-57; title: Pure wisdom, 1758-59; title: Words, 1760-63; title: Travels, 1764-69; title: Growth, 1769-72; title: Away, 1772; title: Home, 1772; title: How to end, 1772; title: Epilogue: a new beginning.