John Woolman and The Abolition of Slavery

<Tab/>John Woolman was born in a Quaker family in New Jersey and lived from 1720-1772. In 1756 he began to write his journal where he spoke out in a piece entitled "Some Consideration on the Keeping of Negroes". His writing is exceptional because of the simplicity and lure. Woolman's attraction is his clear motive and sympathy toward the African-Americans. I will maintain in this paper that the Quakers, and specifically the …

…Woolman shows an example of his Quaker fervor as it is obvious throughout this piece that he has an intense passion for the emancipation of the slaves. It is also important to Woolman that the slaves are not freed by legislation, but by acts of the owners themselves. Woolman's toe-to-toe attitude and his fight for freedom of all people in America proves that he is not a feeble person, but a tremendously powerful pacifist soldier.