The Journal of John Woolman | |
| Chapter
I 1720-1742 |
His Birth and Parentage. Some Account of the Operations of Divine Grace on
his Mind in his Youth. His first Appearance in the Ministry. And his
Considerations, while young, on the Keeping of Slaves. |
| Chapter
II 1743-1748 |
His first Journey, on a Religious Visit, in East Jersey. Thoughts on
Merchandising, and Learning a Trade. Second Journey into Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. Third Journey through part of West and
East Jersey. Fourth Journey through New York and Long Island to New England.
And his fifth Journey to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and the Lower Counties
on Delaware. |
| Chapter III 1749-1756 |
His Marriage. The Death of his Father. His Journeys into the upper part of
New Jersey, and afterwards into Pennsylvania. Considerations on Keeping Slaves,
and Visits to the Families of Friends at several times and places. An Epistle
from the General Meeting. His Journey to Long Island. Considerations on
Trading and on the Use of Spirituous Liquors and Costly Apparel. Letter to a
Friend. |
| Chapter
IV 1757, 1758 |
Visit to the Families of Friends at Burlington. Journey to Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. Considerations on the State of Friends
there, and the Exercise he was under in Travelling among those so generally
concerned in keeping Slaves, with some Observations on this Subject. Epistle to
Friends at New Garden and Crane Creek. Thoughts on the Neglect of a Religious
Care in the Education of the Negroes. |
| Chapter
V 1757, 1758 |
Considerations on the Payment of a Tax laid for Carrying on the War against
the Indians. Meetings of the Committee of the Yearly Meeting at Philadelphia.
Some Notes on Thomas à Kempis and John Huss. The present Circumstances of
Friends in Pennsylvania and New Jersey very Different from those of our
Predecessors. The Drafting of the Militia in New Jersey to serve in the Army,
with some Observations on the State of the Members of our Society at that time.
Visit to Friends in Pennsylvania, accompanied by Benjamin Jones. Proceedings at
the Monthly, Quarterly, and Yearly Meetings in Philadelphia, respecting those
who keep Slaves. |
| Chapter
VI 1758, 1759 |
Visit to the Quarterly Meetings in Chester County. Joins Daniel Stanton and
John Scarborough in a Visit to such as kept Slaves there. Some Observations on
the Conduct which those should maintain who speak in Meetings for Discipline.
More Visits to such as kept Slaves, and to Friends near Salem. Account of the
Yearly Meeting in the Year 1759, and of the increasing Concern in Divers
Provinces to labour against Buying and Keeping Slaves. The Yearly Meeting
Epistle. Thoughts on the Smallpox spreading, and on
Inoculation. |
| Chapter
VII 1760 |
Visit, in Company with Samuel Eastburn, to Long Island, Rhode Island,
Boston, etc. Remarks on the Slave-Trade at Newport; also on Lotteries. Some
Observations on the Island of Nantucket. |
| Chapter
VIII 1761, 1762 |
Visits Pennsylvania, Shrewsbury, and Squan. Publishes the Second Part of
his Considerations on Keeping Negroes. The Grounds of his appearing in some
Respects singular in his Dress. Visit to the Families of Friends of Ancocas and
Mount Holly Meetings. Visits to the Indians at Wehaloosing on the River
Susquehanna. |
| Chapter
IX 1763-1769 |
Religious Conversation with a Company met to see the Tricks of a Juggler.
Account of John Smith's Advice and of the Proceeding of a Committee at the
Yearly Meeting in 1764. Contemplations on the Nature of True Wisdom. Visit to
the Families of Friends at Mount Holly, Mansfield, and Burlington, and to the
Meetings on the Sea-Coast from Cape May towards Squan. Some Account of Joseph
Nichols and his Followers. On the different State of the first Settlers in
Pennsylvania who depended on their own Labour, compared with those of the
Southern Provinces who kept Negroes. Visit to the Northern Parts of New Jersey
and the Western Parts of Maryland and Pennsylvania, also to the Families of
Friends at Mount Holly and several Parts of Maryland. Further Considerations on
Keeping Slaves, and his Concern for having been a Party to the Sale of One.
Thoughts on Friends exercising Offices in Civil Government. |
| Chapter
X 1769, 1770 |
Bodily Indisposition. Exercise of his Mind for the Good of the People in
the West Indies. Communicates to Friends his Concern to visit some of those
Islands. Preparations to embark. Considerations on the Trade to the West
Indies. Release from his Concern and return Home. Religious Engagements.
Sickness, and Exercise of his Mind therein. |
| Chapter
XI 1772 |
Embarks at Chester, with Samuel Emlen, in a Ship bound for London. Exercise
of Mind respecting the Hardships of the Sailors. Considerations on the Dangers
of training Youth to a Seafaring Life. Thoughts during a Storm at Sea. Arrival
in London. |
| Chapter
XII 1772 |
Attends the Yearly Meeting in London. Then proceeds towards Yorkshire.
Visits Quarterly and other Meetings in the Counties of Hertford, Warwick,
Oxford, Nottingham, York, and Westmoreland. Returns to Yorkshire. Instructive
Observations and Letters. Hears of the Decease of William Hunt. Some Account
of him. The Author's last Illness and Death at York. |