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Quakers: Persecution in colonial Massachusetts [Add to My Praize]
The Quakers were not welcomed into colonial New England by the Puritans. Learn how the Quakers were denied religious freedom in 17th Century America.
Rustin, Bayard - Civil Rights Leader [Add to My Praize]
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/quakerism/13859
A brief biography of American civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Written by Buzz Haughton.
Sedbergh, Brigflatts Friends Meeting House [Add to My Praize]
http://www.btinternet.com/~lake.district/sl/brigmh.htm
Historic Quaker meeting house in Cumbria, England, an area which played a key role in the history of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Swarthmoor Hall [Add to My Praize]
http://www.btinternet.com/~lake.district/sl/swarthm.htm
Historic home in Cumbria, England, which served as the nerve center of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in its early days.
The Beginnings of Quakerism [Add to My Praize]
http://www.quakerinfo.com/article1001.html
A brief account of the development of the movement that became the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
Tour of Quaker Country, A [Add to My Praize]
http://www.mindspring.com/~strecorsoc/qkrcntry/qc01.html
Dai William's tour of the seedbed of early Quakerism in nortern England, with a few photos.
William Penn [Add to My Praize]
http://www.quakerinfo.com/article1045.html
A summary of the life of the Quaker writer, religious reformer and statesman, William Penn.
Woolman, John - Journal of [Add to My Praize]
http://www.mindspring.com/~strecorsoc/jwoolman/title.html
The autobiography of one of the best loved and most respected Quaker historical figures of all time, a key person in the ending of slaveholding among Quakers in the 18th century.
