Quakers in the Abolition Movement

Guess who were the first people on US soil to denounce slavery? If you read the title you probably know the answer already. That’s right, the Quakers. Since its founding in England during the 1640s, the sect, formally called the Religious Society of Friends, has championed equal rights for women and for religious and racial minorities in both England and the United States. - See more at: http://sixdaystillsunday.com/quakers-in-the-abolition-movement/#sth...