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| | My Quaker Roots |
 | | Quakers were whipped, tortured, imprisoned without trial, deprived of possessions, and many sought relief in exile. |
 | | In America, as in England, Quakers seem to have been drawn, despite the commercial or capitalist success many Quakers achieved, to positions and ideals on behalf of the weak, or oppressed, or needy. |
 | | The history of social progress is filled with Quaker contributions, from the campaigns for fairer treatment of indians, to prison reform, to more humane conditions for the mentally ill, to women's rights, to abolitionism, to movements, time and again, promoting peace between nations: the "Peace Testimony" of Friends. |
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