Slavery in the Quaker World
“Slavery in the Quaker World” is a nuanced topic addressed by historians, including Katharine Gerbner, professor of history at theContinue Reading
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Pausanias and Goose Creek Quakers
Pausanias (AD 110- C 180) was a Greek geographer and author of travel books which included his observations about people andContinue Reading
John J. Janney, father of Elizabeth Hopkins Janney
John Jones Janney, a prominent Quaker merchant in Alexandria, Virginia, had the end of his life described in an extraordinaryContinue Reading
Nest of Abolitionists and the 1820’s Manumission and Emigration movement
The Library of Virginia, in their Out of the Box archives, has a series of articles about the anti-slavery and abolitionist societies which spreadContinue Reading
Ulysses S. Grant and Loudoun County Quakers
“During all of the trying winter of 1860-1, when the Southerners were so defiant that they would not allow withinContinue Reading
Indiana view of Quakers during the Civil War
The perception of 19th century Quakers throughout the United States was that they were pacifists and, to a great extent,Continue Reading
John and Ann Janney: A desperate West Indies journey
John Janney of Alexandria, Virginia was Elizabeth Hopkins Janney’s father. Elizabeth Hopkins Janney (1802-1893) married her cousin, Samuel McPherson Janney,Continue Reading
Henry S. Taylor and the Burning Raid
The formidable Henry Smith Taylor (1799-1866) married to Hannah Brown Taylor, wrote a letter to one of their six daughtersContinue Reading
Dr. J.E. Snodgrass: “… my life would be well sold in such a cause!”
To affect change as radical as abolishing slavery, the activists at Goose Creek Meeting had to reach an audience beyondContinue Reading
Rebecca Wright: Quaker teacher, Union spy
Rebecca M. Wright (1838-1914) was a young teacher from a Quaker family living in Winchester, Virginia. She spent at leastContinue Reading
