Revolutionary Era 1754-1783: Lifestyles, Social Trends, and Fashion Research Article from American Eras

This Study Guide consists of approximately 66 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Revolutionary Era 1754-1783.

Revolutionary Era 1754-1783: Lifestyles, Social Trends, and Fashion Research Article from American Eras

This Study Guide consists of approximately 66 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Revolutionary Era 1754-1783.
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Antislavery Pioneer

Quaker Youth.

John Woolman was a devout Quaker who by his personal example and eloquent testimony became one of the revolutionary era's strongest advocates of the abolition of slavery. Woolman was born in Burlington County, New Jersey, and grew up in the tightly knit religious community the Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers. Woolman was the fourth of thirteen children. His father was a farmer, and the family was of middling status. The Quakers believed in simple living, fellowship, and personal devotion to God. The Bible and other religious books were read aloud on Sundays in Quaker households, and the Woolman house was no exception. John received about ten years of schooling and for the rest of his life voraciously read and pursued his own education. At age twenty-one he moved to Mount Holly, New Jersey, where he set up his...

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