1. Frederick Douglass had good reason for feeling kindly toward Quakers.

Read about his life, find out why, and explain his relationship to Quakers.

2. What was the history of the Underground Railroad? How did it function? What were the Quakers' involvement in it?

3. What is the history of the refusal of many Quakers to bear arms. Why is it that some Quakers have served in the military?

4. In her notes, Beatty mentions Orthodox Quakers, Hicksites, and Wilburites. What were the differences between these three groups of Quakers at the time of the Civil War? Do they still exist?

5. Why do some Quakers wear dark clothes without buttons? What are the clothing customs of those Quakers?

6. The battle of Bentonville, described in Who Comes with Cannons?