‘A Portraiture of Quakerism’ in 3 volumes is a book by the English abolitionist Thomas Clarkson that features all the most important aspects of the Quakers’ life, such as education and discipline, social manners, civil and political economy, religious principles and character of their religious organization. Quakers are a historically Christian denomination whose formal name is the ‘Religious Society of Friends’ or ‘Friends Church’. Members of the various Quaker movements are all generally united by their belief in the ability of each human being to experientially access the light within, or ’that of God in every one’. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your e Reader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
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Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846) was an English abolitionist, and a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. He helped found ‘The Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade’ and helped achieve passage of the Slave Trade Act of 1807, which ended British trade in slaves. In his later years, Clarkson campaigned for the abolition of slavery worldwide; it was then concentrated in the Americas. In 1840, he was the key speaker at the Anti-Slavery Society’s (today known as Anti-Slavery International) first conference in London, England which campaigned to end slavery in other countries.
