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Quakers as Political Players in Early America by Plank, Geoffrey

“…The Quakers have long attracted scholarly interest for the apparently progressive positions they have taken on issues such as the empowerment of women, the…”
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John Woolman's Path to the Peaceable Kingdom: A Quaker in the British Empire by Plank, Geoffrey

“…The abolitionist John Woolman (1720-72) has been described as a "Quaker saint," an isolated mystic, singular even among a singular people. But as historian…”
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Selecting from the Writings of John Woolman: ‘On Christian Moderation’ by Plank, Geoffrey

“…In 1816 the Friends Tract Association published an excerpt from John Woolman’s first antislavery essay Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes with every…”
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Properties of Empire: Indians, Colonists, and Land Speculators on the New England Frontier . By Ian Saxine. (New York: New York University Press, 2019. Pp. 320. $35.00 cloth.) by Plank, Geoffrey

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Subjects and Sovereign: Bonds of Belonging in the Eighteenth-Century British Empire, by Hannah Weiss Muller by Plank, Geoffrey

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Discipline and Divinity: Colonial Quakerism, Christianity, and “Heathenism” in the Seventeenth Century by Plank, Geoffrey

“…Quakers began arriving in the Caribbean and North America when their religious society was still new and struggling to define its core beliefs and…”
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PROTESTANTISM IN A MULTI-CULTURAL EARLY AMERICA by PLANK, GEOFFREY

“…Other scholars recognize the complexity of this issue and some take a more sceptical stance, but even among those who argue against any comforting progressive…”
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Making Gibraltar British in the Eighteenth Century by Plank, Geoffrey

“…The conquest and retention of Gibraltar was a challenge for Britain in the eighteenth century, not only militarily and diplomatically, but also in the context…”
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Quaker Reform and Evangelization in the Eighteenth Century by Plank, Geoffrey

“…When they first arrived in England's North American colonies, the Quakers enjoyed several competitive advantages over other Christian groups. Quaker Meetings…”
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Making G ibraltar B ritish in the Eighteenth Century by Plank, Geoffrey

“…The conquest and retention of G ibraltar was a challenge for B ritain in the eighteenth century, not only militarily and diplomatically, but also in the…”
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Not in Words Only: Conspicuous Instructive Behavior by Plank, Geoffrey

“…The Seven Years’ War made many Delaware Valley Quakers uneasy about serving in government. In New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the war forced some Quaker…”
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More Than Was Required: Quaker Meetings by Plank, Geoffrey

“…In 1740 Elizabeth Woolman, John’s oldest sister, attained the age of twenty-five. Eber, the youngest of the Woolman children, had been born a year earlier, and…”
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The Deep: Crossing the Sea by Plank, Geoffrey

“…Woolman’s view of travel across the ocean darkened over the course of his life. With his boyhood home near the Delaware River and the port of Burlington only a…”
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A Messenger Sent from the Almighty: England and Death by Plank, Geoffrey

“…Woolman monitored his health closely and in the late 1760s, to ward off illness, he started to avoid many foods.¹ Under ordinary circumstances, his diet was…”
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Past Ages: History by Plank, Geoffrey

“…In 1755, when at age thirty-five John Woolman began to write an account of his life, he started with a Saturday afternoon when he was a schoolchild, perhaps as…”
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The Road to Large Business: Family and Work by Plank, Geoffrey

“…Families occupied a central place in the eighteenth-century Quakers’ vision of a moral social order. In his description of his parents’ home at the beginning…”
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Men in Military Posture: The Seven Years’ War by Plank, Geoffrey

“…On a night in February 1754 Woolman dreamed that while walking through an orchard he saw two lights in the sky resembling dull suns. Suddenly a storm of fire…”
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A Dark Gloominess Hanging over the Land: Slavery by Plank, Geoffrey

“…Elizabeth Woolman, John’s oldest sister, died at thirty-one on March 17, 1747.¹ This was a formative event for John, emotionally trying and instructive at the…”
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Deserts and Lonely Places: Social Diversion and Solitary Meditation by Plank, Geoffrey

“…On a spring day when he was approximately nine, Woolman was walking down the road toward a neighbor’s house when he saw a mother robin sitting by her nest. She…”
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John Woolman's Path to the Peaceable Kingdom: A Quaker in the British Empire by Geoffrey Plank

“…<![CDATA[ The abolitionist John Woolman (1720-72) has been described as a Quaker saint, an isolated mystic, singular even among a singular people. But as…”
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