A PORTRAITURE OF QUAKERISM TAKEN FROM A VIEW OF THE EDUCATION AND DISCIPLINE...OF THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS VOLUME 1

by Thomas Clarkson

New York 1806 Stansbury. Octavo, 368pp., frontis, full leather with mounted red leather spine label. Signed by William H. Conrell. Fair, leather cover worn; hinges not broken in or out; text toned with light soiling and staining throughout. no owner marks.

Hardcover

First published February 1, 2009

About the author

Thomas Clarkson was an English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. He helped found The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade (also known as the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade) and helped achieve passage of the Slave Trade Act 1807, which ended British trade in slaves.

He became a pacifist in 1816 and, together with his brother John, was among the twelve founders of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace.

In his later years, Clarkson campaigned for the abolition of slavery worldwide; it was then concentrated in the Americas. In 1840, he was the key speaker at the Anti-Slavery Society's (today known as Anti-Slavery International) first conference in London which campaigned to end slavery in other countries.

Reviews

[Lloyd Lee Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent description of the Religious Society of Friends written by a contemporary author sympathetic to their distinctives. Valuable background context for anyone interested in Quakers and their history.

[Andy Febrico Bintoro · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice study about quakers, a religious society which many said as extreme Christian society. The author study their view on arts and other view in their daily life.