Woolman, John
Born: Oct 19, 1720 AD
Died: 1772 AD, at 51 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Abolitionist, Evangelists, Pastors, Religious Leaders
Died: 1772 AD, at 51 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Abolitionist, Evangelists, Pastors, Religious Leaders
1720 - John Woolman, born on the 19th of October in Ancocas, New Jersey. He was an itinerant Quaker preacher, traveling throughout the American colonies, advocating against conscription, military taxation, and particularly slavery.
1741 - When he was 21 he went to Mount Holly, where he was a clerk in a store, opened a school for poor children and became a tailor.
1743 - He spent most of his time as an itinerant preacher, visiting meetings of the Friends in various parts of the colonies.
1760 - He spoke and wrote against slavery, refused to draw up wills transferring slaves, induced many of the Friends to set their negroes free, and at Newport, Rhode Island, memorialized the Legislature to forbid the slave trade.
1763 - At Wehaloosing (now Wyalusing), on the Susquehanna, he preached to the Indians; and he always urged the whites to pay the Indians for their lands and to forbid the sale of liquor to them.
1772 - He sailed for London to visit Friends in the north of England, especially Yorkshire.
- Died on the 7th of October in York, Yorkshire, England.
1775 - The most important of his writings, The Journal of John Woolman's Life and Travels in the Service of the Gospel, which was begun in his thirty-sixth year.
1741 - When he was 21 he went to Mount Holly, where he was a clerk in a store, opened a school for poor children and became a tailor.
1743 - He spent most of his time as an itinerant preacher, visiting meetings of the Friends in various parts of the colonies.
1760 - He spoke and wrote against slavery, refused to draw up wills transferring slaves, induced many of the Friends to set their negroes free, and at Newport, Rhode Island, memorialized the Legislature to forbid the slave trade.
1763 - At Wehaloosing (now Wyalusing), on the Susquehanna, he preached to the Indians; and he always urged the whites to pay the Indians for their lands and to forbid the sale of liquor to them.
1772 - He sailed for London to visit Friends in the north of England, especially Yorkshire.
- Died on the 7th of October in York, Yorkshire, England.
1775 - The most important of his writings, The Journal of John Woolman's Life and Travels in the Service of the Gospel, which was begun in his thirty-sixth year.
Page last updated: 1:51pm, 04th Jun '07
Related Books
  |
The Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman by John Woolman (Paperback - Aug 7, 1989) The secret of Woolman's purity of style is that his eye is single, and that conscience dictated his words. This Quaker preacher and tailor was a man of wisdom and true philosophy. These pages are...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
 |
  |
The Journal of John Woolman by John Woolman (Paperback - Nov 5, 2007) John Woolman (1720-1772) was the child of Quaker parents, and from his youth was a zealous member of the Society of Friends. His "Journal," published posthumously in 1774, describes his way of life... Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
Walking Humbly With God: Selected Writings of John Woolman (Upper Room Spiritual Classics. Series 3) by John Woolman (Paperback - Jan 7, 2000) Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
A Near Sympathy: The Timeless Quaker Wisdom of John Woolman by Michael L. Birkel (Paperback - Mar 7, 2003) John Woolman---the eighteenth-century Quaker whose faith and practice is brilliantly explored in this book---is not especially well-known, but he surely belongs on any short list of God-inspired... Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
  |
The Journal of John Woolman with Other Writings by John Woolman (Hardcover - Sep 7, 2008) |
|
 |
The Journal with Other Writings of John Woolman by John Woolman (Hardcover - Sep 7, 2008) |
|
