The Journal of John Woolman
by John Woolman
The journal of an American Quaker whose tender conscience led him to plead early against slavery.
1. (Part 1)2. (Part 2)3. 1720-1742CHAPTER IICHAPTER III6. 1757, 17587. 1757, 17588. 1758, 17599. Visit, in Company with Samuel Eastburn, to Long Island, Rhode Island, Boston, etc.—Remarks on the Slave-Trade at Newport; also on Lotteries—Some Observations on the Island of Nantucket.CHAPTER VIIICHAPTER IX12. 1769, 177013. Embarks at Chester, with Samuel Emlen, in a Ship bound for London—Exercise of Mind respecting the Hardships of the Sailors—Considerations on the Dangers of training Youth to a Seafaring Life—Thoughts during a Storm at Sea—Arrival in London.14. Attends the Yearly Meeting in London—Then proceeds towards Yorkshire—Visits Quarterly and other Meetings in the Counties of Hertford, Warwick, Oxford, Nottingham, York, and Westmoreland—Returns to Yorkshire—Instructive Observations and Letters—Hears of the Decease of William Hunt—Some Account of him—The Author’s Last Illness and Death at York.Appendix16. The Testimony of Friends in Yorkshire17. The Testimony of the Monthly Meeting of Friends