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John Woolman's Path to the Peaceable Kingdom: A Quaker in the British Empire (Early American Studies) Hardcover – March 28, 2012

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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 Geoffrey Plank recounts, this tailor, hog producer, shopkeeper, schoolteacher, and prominent Quaker minister was very much enmeshed in his local community in colonial New Jersey and was alert as well to events throughout the British Empire. Responding to the situation as he saw it, Woolman developed a comprehensive critique of his fellow Quakers and of the imperial economy, became one of the most emphatic opponents of slaveholding, and helped develop a new form of protest by striving never to spend money in ways that might encourage slavery or other forms of iniquity.

Drawing on the diaries of contemporaries, personal correspondence, the minutes of Quaker meetings, business and probate records, pamphlets, and other sources, John Woolman's Path to the Peaceable Kingdom shows that Woolman and his neighbors were far more engaged with the problems of inequality, trade, and warfare than anyone would know just from reading the Quaker's own writings. Although he is famous as an abolitionist, the end of slavery was only part of Woolman's project. Refusing to believe that the pursuit of self-interest could safely guide economic life, Woolman aimed for a miraculous global transformation: a universal disavowal of greed.

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University of Pennsylvania Press
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March 28, 2012
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6.4 x 1.2 x 9.1 inches
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0812244052
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978-0812244052
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Plank's approach allows us to understand the extent to which John Woolman was both a man of his time and a discerning prophet. ― The Journal of American History

This splendid study is perhaps the best attempt to date to explain Woolman. . . .Highly Recommended. ― Choice

A carefully researched and quietly brilliant work that provides a genuinely new perspective on a familiar figure in the history of antislavery. Plank finds in Woolman not only an early opponent of slavery but also an ardent critic of most every facet of commercial life in the Delaware Valley and, more generally, the British Empire. ― Christopher Brown, Columbia University

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Drawing on the diaries of contemporaries, personal correspondence, the minutes of Quaker meetings, business and probate records, pamphlets, and other sources, this book shows that Woolman and his neighbors were far more engaged with the problems of inequality, trade, and warfare than previously understood.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Pennsylvania Press (March 28, 2012)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0812244052
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0812244052
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.3 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.4 x 1.2 x 9.1 inches

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F. Lightsom

Odd that the author is so ignorant of Quakerism

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 31, 2019

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I was interested to learn more about Woolman in the context of his historical setting, but Plank seems to be ignorant of Woolman's Quaker context. He posits psychological reasons for Woolman's actions when they are normal Quaker practice. It makes me wonder about the validity of the things I thought I had learned from this book.

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S. Smith

Put’s Woolman’s journals in context

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 21, 2018

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I like how this puts Woolman’s journals in context of the history going on around them. Well written.

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