Gail,
The following may be helpful. As cited below George Fox was writing to
other Quakers known as Friends.
Good question!
John R. Carpenter
Carpenter Cousins Project
http://carpentercousins.com
The abolition campaign in Britain was started by the Society of Friends,
known as the Quakers. Quakers believe that all people are created equal in
the eyes of God. If this is the case, then how can one person own another?
The beginnings of the Quakers' opposition came in 1657, when their founder,
George Fox, wrote "To Friends beyond sea, that have Blacks and Indian
slaves" to remind them of Quaker belief in equality. He later visited
Barbados and his preaching, which urged for better treatment of enslaved
people, was published in London in 1676 under the title Gospel Family-Order.
He said:
'... now I say, if this should be the condition of you and yours, you would
think it hard measure, yea, and very great Bondage and Cruelty. And
therefore consider seriously of this, and do you for and to them, as you
would willingly have them or any other to do unto you...were you in the like
slavish condition.'
More at:
http://abolition.e2bn.org/people_21.html
SEE ALSO:
http://trilogy.brynmawr.edu/speccoll/quakersandslavery/
-----Original Message-----
From: Gail McArthur via
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 2:27 PM
To: Johnlsaywhat ; carpenter(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CARPENTER] CARPENTER Digest, Vol 11, Issue 6
This certainly has me wondering: did my Carpenter (and related) Quaker
families "own" slaves? they lived in Westchester, NY, and I recognize some
of the names below as Quaker names in my family. Along with Carpenter,
Weeks and Clapp were Quakers who were allied with my Carpenter and Dean
ancestors. Did Quakers have slaves?