Quaker History - period ended 1.15.2007
Quaker History/Underground Railroad/Coffin, Levi//The long and difficult path to freedom: People throughout history .../Fort Wayne News Sentinel/Fort Wayne/IN/USA/2-Jan-07/DMN/Levi Coffin, a Quaker, helped nearly 2,000 runaway slaves, and Washington, D.C., cab operator Leonard Grimes used his cab not only to taxi wealthy whites, but also to carry slaves to freedom. ...
Quaker History/Underground Railroad/Coffin, Levi//The long and difficult path to freedom: People throughout history .../Belleville News-Democrat/Belleville/IL/USA/2-Jan-07/DMN/Levi Coffin, a Quaker, helped nearly 2,000 runaway slaves, and Washington, D.C., cab operator Leonard Grimes used his cab not only to taxi wealthy whites, but also to carry slaves to freedom. ...
Quaker History/Underground Railroad/Coffin, Levi//Nobody knows de trouble I've seen; When Israel was in Egypt land;/Periodistadigital.com/Madrid/Spain/E.U./8-Jan-07//Personajes relevantes del “Underground Railroad” fueron John Fairfield en Ohio, hijo de una familia de tratantes de esclavos y que, gracias a hacerse pasar por tal, consiguió la libertad de muchos; Levi Coffin, cuáquero que proporcionó ayuda a más de 3.000 eslcavos; ...
Quaker History/Abolition/Coffin, Levi//Library hosting play about abolitionist/Community Press/Lexington/KY/USA/10-Jan-07//Coffin and his wife were a Quaker couple who became legendary in helping slaves escape to freedom. The Children's Theatre troupe often uses the Newport ...
Quaker History/Abolition/Coffin, Levi/Coffin, Catharine/Weekend events celebrate ideals of Martin L. King/Cincinnati Post/Cincinnati/OH/USA/13-Jan-07//Campbell County Public Library presents "Levi Coffin: An Abolitionist's Life" at 4 p.m. Monday at the Newport branch of the library, 901 E. Sixth St. The free dramatic production is done by ArtReach, a division of the Children's Theatre of Cincinnati, in celebration of Martin Luther King Day. Coffin and his wife, Catharine, were a Quaker couple who helped slaves escape to freedom. Coffin is often referred to as "President of the Underground Railroad." Information: (859) 572-5035. ...
Quaker History/Underground Railroad/Appoquinimink Friends Meeting/Alston, John/Documenting Delaware's trails to freedom/UDaily/Newark/DE/USA/11-Jan-07//Alston, a Quaker, was praying for strength to continue his work as a “station master” for the Underground Railroad (UGRR), a network of sympathizers that ...
Quaker History/Slavery///The Colonial War Against Islam/Hawaii Reporter/Oahu/HI/USA/8-Jan-07//The Algerian Islamic “Erika” sect was an allegory to members of the American Christian “Quaker” sect who in 1790 unsuccessfully petitioned Congress, ...
Quaker History/Abolition/Progressive Friends/Cox, John and Hannah/Look beyond the gardens on next visit to Longwood/Reading Eagle/Reading/PA/USA/11-Jan-07//The first is actually outside the gates of Longwood. It is the Chester County Visitors Center now, but more importantly it was once the meeting house of a group of Quaker abolitionists known as the Progressive Friends. As it was on the land of their leaders John and Hannah Cox, and as their land was known as “Longwood,” it became the Longwood Meeting.
Built in 1854, the present building played a role in the Underground Railroad movement of escaped slaves.
Inside the Gardens, however, is another building that is more directly associated with Longwood, the du Pont family estate than Longwood, the old Cox property.
Then again, the oldest house on what is best known as a du Pont property was built in 1730 by prosperous Quaker farmer and amateur botanist Joshua Peirce. His so-called “Peirce's Park,” which featured an array of trees collected by Joshua and his brother, Samuel.
In 1905, Pierre du Pont purchased the building and land as his family's weekend residence.
A short walk off the main walkways of the Gardens, the house should not be missed as it represents the very historical core of those Gardens.
Peirce's horticultural exploits notwithstanding, the house became the true birthplace of what is now known as Longwood Gardens when du Pont built a duplicate of the building to the north of the original in 1914. The twin structures were joined by an elegant conservatory. It was one of the architectural seeds from which the Gardens grew. ...
Quaker History/Abolition/Kay//Ask... the Director of historic properties/Philadelphia Inquirer/Philadelphia/PA/USA/14-Jan-07//The history of Croft Farm dates back to the 18th century, when early owners of the property utilized its proximity to Cooper Creek to build mills on the waterway. For the next 200 years, from 1697-1897, a vibrant milling industry on the site earned both the Kay and Evans families their livelihood. In the mid-1800s, the property functioned as a station along the Underground Railroad as the Kay family, Quaker abolitionists, helped usher runaway slaves to freedom.
In the 20th century, the Croft family used the property solely for agricultural purposes. Cherry Hill Township purchased the property in 1985 not only to preserve a piece of the township's past, but also to serve the recreational, educational and cultural needs of the community. Croft Farm has been listed on the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places since 1999. ...
Quaker History/Redemption/Control/Naylor, James/We can turn ourselves around/Palladium-Item/Richmond/IN/USA/13-Jan-07//Early Quaker James Naylor wrote that whatever we choose as our redeemer will become our master. If this is so, we should choose well. That which we attempt to use to free us from whatever we feel compelled by -- fear, approval seeking, a need for safety -- will, indeed, literally control us. And people use many things to feel OK; money, sex, power, drugs, status, religion, alcohol, personal appearance, plastic surgery and work are just a few.
Yet another way to translate "salvation" is 'to be made whole', and 'repent' simply means to turn around. We can attempt to use things to make us whole, or we can simply turn around and be made whole. And that adventurous journey of spiritual formation, beginning anew each day, accompanied by God and each other, is worth every fear left behind upon the way. ...
Quaker History/Raised-a-Quaker/Geneaology//Do you know where your family tree's roots lie?/Concord Monitor/Concord/MA/USA/13-Jan-07//Now, my husband is your basic white guy, curly brown hair, brown eyes, the offspring of first- and second-generation Americans, raised a Quaker. ...
Quaker History/Politics and Economics//History repeats itself ... again/Centre Daily Times/State College/PA/USA/2-Jan-07//Battles were waged between the Quaker-dominated Assembly and the Penn family of proprietors. And battles raged between the pacifist -- and capitalist -- Quakers and frontier residents who demanded greater outlays and emphasis on defense from, rather than trade with, the native population. ...
Quaker History/Natural Science/Evolution/Cope, Edward Drinker/American Heritage/American Heritage/Chicago/IL/USA/1-Jan-07//Edward Drinker Cope, a Philadelphia Quaker—elegant chestnut mustaches and a jaw that was an affront to the peace—was barely thirty when the decade opened, ...
Quaker History/Hopkins, Johns//Remembering Johns Hopkins/Johns Hopkins Gazette/Baltimore/MD/USA/8-Jan-07//"Johns Hopkins' legacy keenly reflects Quaker philosophy," she said. "It has been said that Quakers came to America to do good, and they did well." ...
Quaker History/Flushing Remonstrance/Bowne House Museum/Flushing Meetinghouse/Schools set to learn new piece of history/New York Daily News/New York/NY/USA/11-Jan-07//The memory of the Remonstrance lives in Flushing: the Quaker Meeting House, built steps from where the document was signed, remains a house of worship on ...
Quaker History/Farmington Friends Meeting/Power, Arthur//Merging communities may serve as example/South Lyon Herald/South Lyon/MI/USA/4-Jan-07//A devout Quaker and a widower, he was headed for the recently opened Michigan Territory, then way out on the frontier. ...
Quaker History/Church-State/Blasphemy/Nayler, James/A Moral Vision/Liberty Magazine/Baltimore/MD/USA/1-Jan-07//Cromwell also probably helped to protect the Quaker leader James Nayler, who in October 1656 re-created Christ’s entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday by ...
Quaker History/Cemetery///Dublin Noticeboard/Dublin People/Dublin/Ireland/E.U./10-Jan-07//FOXROCK: The Foxrock Local History Club meets at 8pm on Tuesday, January 16, in Foxrock Community Centre at the rear of Foxrock RC Church. Geoff Lovegrove will give the main talk on 'Memories of Foxrock,' while Moira Laffan will give a short talk on 'Quaker Graveyards in South Dublin' - all welcome....
Quaker History/Business/Dickinson, Jonathan/Area historians seek grant to keep hunt for shipwrecks afloat/Stuart News/Stuart/FL/USA/3-Jan-07//The Historical Society of Martin County has applied for a $50000 grant to further survey the area's shipwrecks and restart the search for Quaker pioneer ...
Quaker History/Arts/Painting/Hicks, Edward/Christie's $600000 Duck, Redford's Sundance, Sumo: Global Arts/Bloomberg/New York/NY/USA/11-Jan-07//And bidding for an 1849 version of Quaker minister Edward Hicks's famous painting ``The Peaceable Kingdom'' is estimated to go as high as $4 million. ...
Quaker History/Arts/Furniture//The South Rises in the Northeast/New York Times/New York/NY/USA/11-Jan-07//The Back Country produced some of the most original work, perhaps because of its potpourri of cultures, including Scots-Irish, German, English Quaker and Swiss. ...
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