Quaker history and biography

Braving bandits, disease, and dangerous roads, the China Convoy – a Quaker-sponsored humanitarian unit – delivered medical supplies and provided famine relief in the unoccupied territory of “Free China” and later to both sides in the ensuing war.

George Fox through his leadership and writingsis regarded as the seminal figure of Society of Friends. The son of a leicestershire weaver, he left home at the age of nineteen in search of men and women who were on a like spiritual pilgrimage.

Ryan P. Jordan explores the limits of religious dissent in antebellum America, and reminds us of the difficulties facing reformers who tried peacefully to end slavery.

Warner Mifflin - energetic, uncompromising, and reviled - was the key figure connecting the abolitionist movements before and after the American Revolution.