Woolman, John 1720-1772

The journal of John Woolman by John Woolman ( Book )
89 editions published between 1871 and 2005 in English and German and held by 1,364 libraries worldwide
John Woolman (1720-1772) was the child of Quaker parents, and from his youth a zealous member of the Society of Friends. His "Journal," published posthumously in 1774, describes his way of life and the spirit in which he did his work.

The journal and major essays of John Woolman by John Woolman ( Book )
18 editions published between 1971 and 2001 in English and held by 811 libraries worldwide
In the latter part of the eighteenth century, the Quaker minister John Woolman journeyed and preached throughout the American colonies. His Journal, a recognized American classic, portrays an ethical sensitivity comparable to St. Francis or Albert Schweitzer; and his keen sense of social injustice speaks directly to our affluent and increasingly divided mass society. Woolman's essays widely influenced social thought in the United States, and in England as well, where he was esteemed by Lamb and Coleridge. This edition of the Journal includes Woolman's whole discussion of tax refusal as a form of anti-war protest and civil disobedience. Also included are "A Plea for the Poor" and "Considerations on Keeping Negroes" one of the earliest attacks on slavery.

The journal of John Woolman, and A plea for the poor by John Woolman ( Book )
28 editions published between 1961 and 2007 in English and held by 655 libraries worldwide
The "journal" or spiritual autobiography of John Woolman was the characteristic literary expression of Quakerism in its first two centuries. Woolman's Journal was first published in 1774 (shortly after his death). His life, as recorded by himself, was the finest flower of a unique Quaker culture, Whose focus, as Howard H. Brinton has put it, was not on the literary or plastic arts but on "life itself in home, meeting and community", a life which was an "artistic creation as beautiful in its simplicity and proportion as was the architecture of its meeting houses..." Its distinguishing marks marks were not dogmas but practical testimonies for equality, simplicity and peace. These testimonies, once revolutionary in their social implications, were already becoming institutionalized in Woolman's time as the badges of a "peculiar people". In his quiet way - he must have been the quietest radical in history - John Woolman reforged them, tempered them in the stream of love, and converted them once again into instruments of social revolution. -Back cover.

Some considerations on the keeping of Negroes, 1754 ; Considerations on keeping Negroes, 1762 by John Woolman ( Book )
39 editions published between 1754 and 1976 in English and held by 564 libraries worldwide
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The works of John Woolman. In two parts by John Woolman ( Book )
94 editions published between 1774 and 1976 in English and held by 460 libraries worldwide
"A journal of the life, Gospel labours, and Christian experiences of that faithful minister of Jesus Christ, John Woolman, late of Mount-Holly, in the province of New-Jersey."--[2], 250 p., with separate title page.

The works of John Woolman by John Woolman ( Book )
35 editions published between 1769 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 333 libraries worldwide

The journal and essays of John Woolman by John Woolman ( Book )
20 editions published between 1922 and 2007 in English and held by 311 libraries worldwide

A word of remembrance and caution to the rich by John Woolman ( Book )
45 editions published between 1793 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 255 libraries worldwide

Journal by John Woolman ( Book )
21 editions published between 1871 and 1965 in English and held by 245 libraries worldwide

Serious considerations on various subjects of importance by John Woolman ( Book )
17 editions published between 1773 and 2005 in English and held by 222 libraries worldwide