A People among Peoples : : Quaker Benevolence in Eighteenth-Century America / / Sydney V. James.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: American History eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: James, Sydney V.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1963
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Center for the Study of the History of Liberty in America ; 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (405 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; INTRODUCTION --; PREFACE --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; CONTENTS --; I. THE QUAKER RELIGIOUS FELLOWSHIP IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES --; II. THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF "CHARITY" AMONG THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS --; III. MUTUAL AID IN THE MONTHLY MEETING --; IV. CHARITY IN EDUCATION --; V. CHARITY AMONG MEETINGS --; VI. CHARITY TO NEIGHBORS OUTSIDE THE MEMBERSHIP --; VII. CHARITY AND THE NEGRO SLAVE --; VIII. THE VICTORY OF ABOLITIONIST PRINCIPLES AMONG FRIENDS --; IX. GOVERNMENT, BENEVOLENCE, AND THE QUAKER REVIVAL --; Χ. COPING WITH THE CRISIS OF 1755 --; XI. PRIVATE SOCIETIES TO DO GOOD --; XII. JUSTICE TO THE NEGRO --; XIII. AMERICAN QUAKERS AND SOCIAL SERVICE DURING THE REVOLUTION --; XIV. THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS IN POST-REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA --; XV. THE FIRST FLOWERING OF HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS --; XVI. HUMANITARIANISM AMONG FRIENDS --; SOURCES --; NOTES --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674184718; 9783110353464; 9783110353488; 9783110442212
• DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674184718
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Sydney V. James.