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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United on the Right Side of History: John C. Underwood and Samuel M. Janney
Current affairs remind us that the United States has, from its inception, been a nation divided by the idea ofContinue Reading
“Esteemed friend…” letters between Isaac T. Hopper and Samuel M. Janney
Samuel M. Janney and Isaac Hopper were two men with different temperaments, but both driven by a passionate committment toContinue Reading
O Canada!
Prior to 1865 and 360 miles long miles north of Loudoun County, was Ontario, Canada – the northern star forContinue Reading
Earliest Black School in Virginia?
Elizabeth Janney (1802-1893) wrote her husband from their home in the village of Goose Creek (renamed “Lincoln”) on September 27,Continue Reading
The John Pleasants and Thomas Ritchie Duel
Prominent 19th century Virginia Quaker, Samuel McPherson Janney, had a connection with John Pleasants, the newspaper editor killed in aContinue Reading
Amos Norris on the Road to Freedom: from Loudoun County to Niagara Falls
Free black man, Amos Norris, was mentioned in a previous post on Nest of Abolitionists. His story deserves closer attentionContinue Reading
Plain Dress and the Underground Railroad
Simple clothing styles, referred to as “plain” within the Quaker community, visibly distinguished 19th century Quakers from their more fashionableContinue 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)
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 