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Quakers also described themselves using terms such as true Christianity, Saints, Children of the Light, and Friends of Truth, reflecting terms used in the New Testament by members of the early Christian church. James Nayler, a prominent Quaker leader, being pilloried and whipped
By the 1880s, Quakertown had several established businesses, including a grocery store, mortuary, barbershop, doctor’s office, and cafe, as well as churches and a number of fraternal lodges. However, most Quakertown residents earned their living outside of Quakertown. Some worked for white families as cooks, gardeners, and domestic servants.
The Quaker Family in Colonial America: A Portrait of the Society of Friends (1973), emphasis on social structure and family life. Frost, J. William. "The Origins of the Quaker Crusade against Slavery: A Review of Recent Literature," Quaker History 67 (1978): 42–58. JSTOR 41946850. Hamm, Thomas. The Quakers in America.
Quakers were at the center of the movement to abolish slavery in the early United States; it is no coincidence that Pennsylvania, center of American Quakerism, was the first state to abolish slavery. In the antebellum period, "Quaker meeting houses [in Philadelphia] ...had sheltered abolitionists for generations." [2]: 1
Houston Graduate School of Theology, Houston, Texas, "identifies with the Quaker movement", grounded in Evangelical Friends theology and practice [23] Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, founded by a Quaker and most early trustees were Quaker, [24] but was always officially non-denominational
Camden, Camden, Kershaw County, South Carolina Old Quaker Cemetery; Tennessee Friends Church (Maryville, Tennessee), Maryville, Blount County, NRHP-listed. Now St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. Texas Live Oak Friends Meeting House, Houston Heights, Houston. Located at 1318 West 26th Street, noted for its Skyspace by artist James Turrell
Live Oak Friends Meeting House is a Quaker meeting house located at 1318 West 26th Street in the Heights area of Houston, Texas, United States.The meeting house, which was completed in December 2000, was designed and built to house the Live Oak Friends Meeting, which was formed in 1954.
The group also formulated plans for interacting with the United States Army, which had been inconsistent in its treatment of pacifist churches were legally exempt from the draft, individual state draft boards interpreted the law in various ways. Many Quakers and other COs were ordered to report to army camps for military service.