A biography of the famous eighteenth-century Quaker whose abolitionist fervor and spiritual practice made him a model for generations of Americans
#780881 in Books Hill and Wang 1998-03-04 1998-03-04Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.50 x .33 x 5.50l; .40 #File Name: 0809016087144 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Copyright 1997--5 Chapters 126 PagesBy LARRYThe Author; Betty Wood; explores the meaning of freedom and bondage in 16th Century English thought. The author follows the spread of slavery in the Spanish and French colonies and their assessment of their own labor shortages and interprets the decision of the English to resort to slave labor in the colonies. The author follows the spread of slavery through the 17th century from the Caribbean to Virginia tobacco country and finally among the Puritans and Quakers further north in America...this is a very interesting read...get one for yourself and you decide.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. BoringBy KATRINA P MORRISOne of the MOST boring books you will ever read0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Thought I knew about the slave trade history/development in the ...By CustomerThought I knew about the slave trade history/development in the US; but learned a lot in a very easy-to-read book.
