and includes maps of Quaker settlements, photos of Quaker architecture and many of the group's leading figures. By focusing on the Quakers of the New York region, the book illuminates American Quaker ...

The Religious Society of Friends, also known as the Quaker Movement, Quakerism, or simply Quakers, was founded in England in the 17th century. Quakers (or "Friends," as Quakers call themselves ...

Getty Images The polymath and statesman Benjamin ... "He was a third-generation Quaker from an area with a strong history of religious radicalism," said Dr Rediker. He later became a sailor ...