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	John Woolman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Woolman (October 19, 1720–October 7, 1772) was an itinerant Quaker preacher, traveling throughout the American colonies, advocating against conscription, taxation, and particularly slavery.
		His grandfather, also named John Woolman, was one of the early settlers of New Jersey.
		The Journal of John Woolman is considered to be an important spiritual document, as shown by its inclusion in the Harvard Classics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Woolman (832 words)

	John Woolman
		John Woolman was born in 1720 on the family farm on Rancocas Creek in New Jersey.
		John's father, Samuel Woolman, was a farmer, but John, when he had finished his schooling and had worked for several years on the family farm, found a place clerking in a little store in Mount Holly.
		John Woolman was the gentle conscience of Quakerism.
	www.qis.net /~daruma/woolman1.html (950 words)

	John Woolman biography
		Woolman felt if he visited other members of the Quaker society, he could make them aware of their disgraceful sins thus helping to ease the pain of the cause he was dedicated to.
		Woolman believed all men, regardless of color or position, are equal in the eyes of God and should be equal in the eyes of man. He also believed no man should support a cause he felt wrong.
		Woolman considered the matters of civil society to be an infectious pestilence and while some rules approved in civil society and conformable to human policy, so called, are distinguishable from the purity of truth and righteousness.
	tntn.essortment.com /johnwoolmanbio_rwfy.htm (1431 words)

	John Woolman, Quintessential Quaker, Review by Bill Samuel - QuakerInfo.com
		John Woolman (the grandson) was the fourth child and eldest son in a family of thirteen.
		Woolman's efforts to rid the Society of Friends of the sin of slavery were not those of a rabblerouser on the fringes of the Society.
		Woolman was a recorded minister of the gospel, and held significant leadership positions in the Society.
	www.quakerinfo.com /woolman.shtml (1462 words)

	The Journal And Major Essays Of John Woolman EDITED BY PHILLIPS MOULTON (Quakerbooks.org)
		John Woolman was a Quaker minister and prophet who deeply understood the relationship of Divine connection with human action.
		Woolman's analyses of the roots of social evil carefully trace individual responsibility from motive to action, and follow the ever-widening consequences of that action.
		The `how' of social change is one of Woolman's greatest concerns; and the methods he suggests, springing from a right relationship to God, emphasize nonviolence and express love that encompasses both the wrongdoer and the wronged.
	www.quakerbooks.org /get/0-944350-10-0 (118 words)

	John Woolman (1720-1772)
		A writer like Woolman comes across as a moral "antique" to students who would much prefer to skip over the entire period and move on to Melville, Hawthorne, and Poe in the next century.
		Woolman also should be compared and contrasted to the journal writers and autobiographers of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century New England.
		John Winthrop, for instance, kept a journal for far different reasons and with far different results than did Woolman.
	www.georgetown.edu /faculty/bassr/heath/syllabuild/iguide/woolman.html (690 words)

	Houston, John Woolman's Efforts in Behalf of Freedom
		John Woolman’s career as an apostle of freedom dates from his first appearance in the ministry of the Society of Friends, an organization commonly known as the Quakers, founded by George Fox in England during the middle of the seventeenth century.
		Woolman answered this argument by showing that Noah and his family were all who survived the flood, according to Scripture; and as Noah was of Seth’s race, the family of Cain was wholly destroyed.
		Woolman answered that the flood was a judgment upon the world for their abominations, and it was granted that Cain’s stock was the most wicked, and therefore unreasonable to suppose that they were spared.
	www.dinsdoc.com /houston-1.htm (3637 words)

	Student Development –– Campus Ministries
		John Woolman was recognized by his community as having gifts in ministry, and he traveled among Friends, often under the weight of a particular concern, most often that of speaking against the evils of slavery.
		John Woolman uses other phrases which elaborate on this expression "the design of creation." A favorite phrase is "the right use of things." There is a kind of divine ecology at work.
		John Woolman says that if all unnecessary luxuries and what he calls "the desire of outward greatness" (wealth, power, prestige) were laid aside, and if the right use of things were attended to by all, there would be employment for all in things useful, and only moderate labor would be required.
	www.earlham.edu /~sas/ministry/simplicity_birkel.html (2647 words)

	Richard and Frances (nee Creigton) Woolman
		John was born at 9 Peel Street, Leicester, but by the time he was 4 his father completed the 1851 census at 77 Northampton St. In 1868/9 John and his wife Sarah Ann had houses in succession at 1, Yard, Humberstone Gate and 40 Church Gate.
		John died at the age of 30 (1876) when he was living at 23 Canning place.
		John actually died in Kegworth and he was buried in Freehold grave No.B109 on the 4th December 1877.
	www.btinternet.com /~victuallers/bamkin/RichardandFrancesWoolman.htm (315 words)

	John Woolman
		John Woolman (Junior) was born on October 19, 1720 in Burlington County, Northampton, West Jersey (before New Jersey was reunited (McMichael et al.
		Woolman was a: farmer, businessman, shopkeeper, teacher, surveyor, minister, tailor, leech (doctor?), and legal advisor.
		Woolman and other Quaker associates were the first to formulate a well defined case for the abolition of slavery (Endicott College, qtd.
	www.siskiyous.edu /class/engl44a/bio_Woolman.html (565 words)

	John Woolman (Quakerbooks.org)
		Woolman's deep spiritual life empowered him to engage the world as a witness on behalf of the disenfranchised, and for the earth and all its creatures.
		Woolman relates poverty to wasteful consumption, brings the rich and powerful to account, and calls for simplicity as a style of life.
		John Woolman (1720-1772), a Quaker social reformer, called the Religious Society of Friends to stand in a corporate testimony against slavery and its economic injustice.
	www.quakerbooks.org /get/555002 (518 words)

	The Journal of John Woolman (all) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		John Woolman, of course, was present, a man humble and poor in outward appearance, his simple dress of undyed homespun cloth contrasting strongly with the plain but rich apparel of the representatives of the commerce of the city and of the large slave-stocked plantations of the country.
		John Woolman, unwilling that the animal should be slowly bled to death, as the custom had been, and to spare it unnecessary suffering, had a smooth block of wood prepared to receive the neck of the creature, when a single blow terminated its existence.
		John Woolman’s faith, like the apostle’s, is manifested by his labours, standing not in words but in the demonstration of the Spirit,—a faith that works by love to the purifying of the heart.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/woolman/journal.all.html (13665 words)

	An Abstract of The Journal of John Woolman
		John Woolman was a famous Quaker minister who traveled throughout colonial America condemning slavery and advocating emancipation.
		John Woolman was so deeply moved by the abuses of slavery that he personally went among his friends and asked them to free their slaves.
		John Woolman, in spite of insistence from his host, declined to accept hospitality of the slave-owning household and went his way on foot.
	www.gwyneddfriends.org /John_Woolman.html (2949 words)

	John Woolman -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		John Woolman (October 19, 1720–October 7, 1772) was an itinerant (One who quakes and trembles with (or as with) fear) Quaker preacher, traveling throughout the (Click link for more info and facts about American colonies) American colonies, advocating against (Compulsory military service) conscription, taxation, and particularly (The practice of owning slaves) slavery.
		He is noted for his success in convincing the Quaker community to abandon slaveholding and advocate for (The act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery)) abolition.
		The Journal of John Woolman is considered to be an important spiritual document, as shown by its inclusion in the (Click link for more info and facts about Harvard Classics) Harvard Classics.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/john_woolman.htm (311 words)

	JOHN WOOLMAN - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN WOOLMAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		In 1763 at Wehaloosing (now Wyalusing), on the Susquehanna, he preached to the Indians; and he always urged the whites to pay the Indians for their lands and to forbid the sale of liquor to them.
		The best-known edition is that prepared, with an introduction, by John G. Whittier in 1871.
		The Works of John Woolman appeared in two parts at Philadelphia, in 1774-1775, and have often been republished; a German version was printed in 1852.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WO/WOOLMAN_JOHN.htm (227 words)

	John Woolman by David Sox - Reviewed by Merle Harton, Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		There is enough of the life and times of John Woolman here to satisfy the newcomer to Quaker history who seeks to understand Woolman’s endearing legacy as a Quaker minister, prophet, mystic, activist, and saint.
		Even Woolman’s stand against wearing dyed cloth and cured leather is here to paint a more detailed picture of the man, as he appears dressed “so that he was all white” during his fatal trip to England in 1772.
		As a biography of Woolman, of a man who walked in the spirit and the light, this is a fine short specimen.
	newquaker.com /reviews/woolmn.htm (361 words)

	Journal of John Woolman - 1720-1772
		We reached the Yearly Meeting at Long Island, at which were our friends, Samuel Nottingham from England, John Griffith, Jane Hoskins, and Elizabeth Hudson from Pennsylvania, and Jacob Andrews from Chesterfield, several of whom were favored in their public exercise; and, through the goodness of the Lord, we had some edifying meetings.
		I had meetings afterwards at John Everit's, in Monalen, and at Huntingdon, and I was made humbly thankful to the Lord, who opened my heart amongst the people in these new settlements, so that it was a time of encouragement to the honest-minded.
		John Huss contended against the errors which had crept into the church, in opposition to the Council of Constance, which the historian reports to have consisted of some thousand persons.
	www.brandywinesources.com /1701-1775/1720DOCJohnWoolman.htm (13168 words)

	John Woolman Biography / Biography of John Woolman Biography Biography
		John Woolman (1720-1772), American Quaker merchant and minister, was known for his opposition to slavery, poverty, and war.
		John Woolman was born in Ancocas, N.J., and raised in Quaker schools and meetings.
		Woolman's was an itinerant ministry; his territory included the Atlantic seaboard, England, and Ireland.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-john-woolman (242 words)

	Birkel: Charles Lecture on John Woolman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		John Woolman was born in 1720 in colonial New Jersey and lived until 1772, when he died of smallpox while on a religious visit to England.
		This is what John Woolman has in mind when he uses such expressions as "employed in things useful," or "the true use of things," or "that use of things prescribed by our Redeemer, and confirmed by his example," or "the necessity of attending singly to divine wisdom...
		Such persons, says John Woolman, do the right thing as a matter of principle, and so "do good to the poor without placing it as an act of bounty" (that is, they do the right thing because justice requires it, not because they want to be recognized and publicly thanked for it--recall James).
	www.earlham.edu /~birkemi/birkel_3.html (4754 words)

	§6. John Woolman. V. Philosophers and Divines, 1720–1789. Vol. 15. Colonial and Revolutionary Literature; ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		A similar fate befell the last of our colonial thinkers, John Woolman (1720–1772), the Quaker, a sort of provincial Piers Plowman, whose visions of reform were far ahead of his day.
		Yet it is not criticism, but compassion, that furnishes Woolman with his strongest lever against that great building “raised by degrees, from small beginnings in error.” In a series of indirect questions, the logician of the heart brings the matter home.
		In the light of such disclosures, Woolman might have attacked the accursed institution with directness and bitterness, but his method is ever indirect, ever indirect, ever imbued with a sweet reasonableness.
	www.bartleby.com /225/0506.html (967 words)

	John Woolman
		From The Journal of John Woolman, much can be learned about his personal life and about his part in the Quaker religion.
		This movement was led by the “quiet pity and humanitarianism exemplified in John Woolman.” Woolman’s journal is a journal of his spiritual journey.
		Woolman spoke out for simplicity, piety, and goodness.” Woolman was also against slavery and spoke for its abolition.
	www.hpcnet.org /woolman (210 words)

	Selected Letters of John Woolman - QuakerInfo.com
		I am now at our ancient friend, John Haslam's, whose memory is much impaired by the palsey; but he appears to be in a meek, quite, state; - about one hundred and sixty miles northward of London.
		John Woolman's account of Peter Harvey, who died in the year 1771.
		In the time of his health, a few months before he departed, I had some loving conversation with him in regard to sundry things in his possession, relating got his living, which appeared to be comformable to the spirit of this world.
	www.quakerinfo.com /wool_let.shtml (1662 words)

	John Woolman
		WOOLMAN, John, Quaker preacher, born in Northampton, Burlington County, New Jersey, in August, 1720: died in York, England, 7 October, 1772.
		Woolman's writings have been much admired, and were highly praised by Charles Lamb.
		Perhaps the most interesting of his works is the posthumous "Journal of John Woolman's Life and Travels in the Service of the Gospel" (Philadelphia, 1775, edited, with an introduction, by John G. Whittier, 1871).
	www.famousamericans.net /johnwoolman (460 words)

	Journal of John Woolman
		Where people are gathered from far, and adjourning a meeting of business is attended with great difficulty, it behoves all to be cautious how they detain a meeting, especially when they have sat six or seven hours, and have a great distance to ride home.
		It was a time of deep exercise, but looking often to the Lord for his assistance, he in unspeakable kindness favored us with the influence of that spirit which crucifies to the greatness and splendor of this world, and enabling us to go through some heavy labors, in which we found peace.
		After this, our friend John Churchman coming into our province with a view to be at some meetings, and to join again in the visit to those who had slaves, I bore him company in the said visit to some active members, and found inward satisfaction.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~rbear/woolman.html (14220 words)

	From Revolution to Reconstruction: Outlines: Outline of American Literature: Early American and Colonial Period to ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Journal (1774) of John Woolman, documenting his inner life in a pure, heartfelt style of great sweetness that has drawn praise from many American and English writers.
		He writes simply of his desire to "feel and understand their life, and the Spirit they live in." Woolman's justice-loving spirit naturally turns to social criticism: "I perceived that many white People do often sell Rum to the Indians, which, I believe, is a great Evil."
		Woolman was also one of the first antislavery writers, publishing two essays, "Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes," in 1754 and 1762.
	odur.let.rug.nl /~usa/LIT/woolman.htm (201 words)

	'Just World News' by Helena Cobban: LESSONS FROM JOHN WOOLMAN: Yesterday (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		LESSONS FROM JOHN WOOLMAN: Yesterday I was writing about people, including yes, our Prez, being able to make a choice between acting out of a sense of fear, or acting...
		LESSONS FROM JOHN WOOLMAN: Yesterday I was writing about people, including yes, our Prez, being able to make a choice between acting out of a sense of fear, or acting from a sense of optimism, possibility, and yes even grace.
		John Woolman was an American Quaker in the days before there was a United States.
	justworldnews.org /archives/000224.html (722 words)

	John Woolman
		John Woolman Memorial Association (genealogy site) has a picture of a house built in what was his orchard.
		The Journal of John Woolman (hypertext version at the University of Oregon)
		Journal of John Woolman at the University of Virginia
	www.wsu.edu /~campbelld/amlit/woolman.htm (85 words)

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