Who was John Woolman and what did he do?
John Woolman, (born October 19, 1720, Ancocas, New Jersey [U.S.]—died October 7, 1772, York, Yorkshire, England), British-American Quaker leader and abolitionist whose Journal is recognized as one of the classic records of the spiritual inner life. Until he was 21 Woolman worked for his father, a Quaker farmer. How did Woolman feel about slavery? As…