Justice for All: the life of Eliza Coffin Janney Rawson
Eliza Finch Coffin (1830-1907) was a Quaker civil rights worker for both Black education and equality, as well as women’sContinue Reading
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Francis Ray: a heroic life cut short
Francis H. Ray (1835-1862) was born into a prosperous Quaker family in Rayville, New York. He was a prominent figureContinue Reading
John Woolman, a Gentle Role Model in the Battle Against Slavery
In the 1730’s when Quakers first settled in Loudoun County, Virginia they, like Mennonites in Pennsylvania, and Moravians in PennsylvaniaContinue Reading
A Union Captain and his capture…escape…Quakers!
The Emmitsburg Area Historical Society (Emmitsburg, Maryland) has plenty of first person accounts sharing local history. One of my favoritesContinue Reading
Lucretia Mott and Susan B. Anthony in Lincoln, VA
On July 14, 1848, a group of women announced their plan for a women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, NewContinue Reading
Edward Hicks and his Peaceable Kingdom comes to Goose Creek Meeting
Edward Hicks (1780-1849) was a Quaker minister who supported his family by painting commercial signs in the Philadelphia area. HeContinue Reading
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
Goose Creek Quakers and the audacity of peace and social justice
Pausanias (AD 110- C 180) was a Greek geographer and author of travel books which included his observations about people andContinue Reading
Janney Store during the Civil War
Samuel, Elizabeth Janney and family left their Springdale School residence in 1854 and moved to the center of Goose CreekContinue Reading
Nest of Abolitionists 