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Rufus Jones And Quaker Unity, Hugh Barbour
Rufus Jones And Quaker Unity, Hugh Barbour
Truth's Bright Embrace: Essays and Poems in Honor of Arthur O. Roberts
The Society of Friends, for Rufus Jones as for Arthur Roberts, remains a single movement, called by God to a special role in American Christianity and world history. Both men have also been realistically aware of human limitations and diversity. Yet they have seen God's power, shared in meetings for worship as well as in the religious experience of individuals, able to change human society and transcend human ideas and institutions.
The Indians' Friends, James D. Le Shana
The Indians' Friends, James D. Le Shana
Truth's Bright Embrace: Essays and Poems in Honor of Arthur O. Roberts
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Anthony Benezet, The True Champion Of The Slave, Irv A. Brendlinger
Anthony Benezet, The True Champion Of The Slave, Irv A. Brendlinger
Truth's Bright Embrace: Essays and Poems in Honor of Arthur O. Roberts
Anthony Benezet was the greatest eighteenth century influence on the ending of British slavery and the slave trade. While names such as Wilberforce, Sharp and Clarkson ring with familiarity as champions of the slave, it is Benezet who occupies the position of foundational influence on these men and the entire cause. To substantiate this claim I shall briefly introduce his life and examine his antislavery activities and influences. However, it is most fitting to begin with his death and the public response to it.