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
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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
O Canada!
Prior to 1865 and 360 miles long miles north of Loudoun County, was Ontario, Canada – the northern star forContinue Reading
Roads to Civil War mapped by a Quaker
Yardley Taylor grew apple trees, delivered county mail, wrote anti-slavery essays, and in 1853 surveyed a map of Loudoun County.Continue 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
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
Roads to Civil War: a Quaker’s map of Loudoun County
Yardley Taylor grew apple trees, delivered county mail, wrote anti-slavery essays, and in 1853 surveyed a map of Loudoun County.Continue Reading
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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 within their borders the expression of a sentiment hostile to their views, it was a brave man indeed who could stand up and proclaim his loyalty to the Union.” – Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) quoted from his Memoirs (Chapter 16)
