“…goodness is more interesting”
“I just think goodness is more interesting. Evil is constant. You can think of different ways to murder people, butContinue Reading
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Taking a Stand: Anti-war Virginia Quakers in 1861
America’s Civil War broke out on April 12, 1861 with the South Carolina battle of Ft. Sumter. Eleven states secededContinue Reading
To Abraham Lincoln, Esteemed Friend
In the mid-1850’s Caleb Russell, with his wife and family, left Goose Creek Meeting and Loudoun County, Virginia to seekContinue Reading
Lydia Neal Janney Brown
Lydia Neal Janney was a daughter of Asa Moore and Lydia Neal Haines Janney. Asa Moore Janney was a millerContinue Reading
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Reconstruction begins: Yardley Taylor’s letter to Governor Francis Pierpont
Men have attempted to practice a morality inconsistent with Christianity, while professing its principles, and the consequence has been the last cruel, unjust and wicked war, a war begun and carried on to uphold slavery.
Carolyn Taylor and her account of the burning raid
Carrie Taylor gives a riveting account of the Union army’s 1864 sweep through northern Virginia, in which they burned barns,Continue Reading
Kirkbride Taylor, 8th Virginia Infantry, Confederate Army
Living in Virginia at the start of Civil War meant that Quaker citizens had decisions to make: which side wereContinue Reading
Nest of Abolitionists 