His grandfather, also named John Woolman, was one of the early colonial settlers of New Jersey.

Woolman was also committed to the Friends ' Testimony of Simplicity.

In considering his change in careers, Woolman also undoubtedly reflected on the fact that the emerging modern world of trade entailed the virtual enslavement of people in faraway places.

Woolman showed unusual insight for his time, in that he lived and worked among the Indians, recognizing that the Spirit moved among them also.

The Journal of John Woolman is not only considered to be an important spiritual document, but also a classic in English literature, as shown by its inclusion in the Harvard Classics.

The combination of pietistic devotion and mystical experiences that are found in Woolman and Wesley are also found in their Dutch contemporary Tersteegen, who brings back the notion of the nous (" mind ") as the site of God's interaction with our souls ; through the work of the Spirit, our mind is able to intuitively recognize the immediate presence of God in our midst.

Like Woolman, Benezet was also an advocate of war tax resistance.

John Woolman came from a family of Friends ( Quakers ).

Woolman took up a concern to minister to Friends and others in remote places.

Woolman worked within the Friends ' tradition of seeking the guidance of the Spirit of Christ and patiently waiting to achieve unity in the Spirit.

In his lifetime, Woolman did not succeed in eradicating slavery even within the Society of Friends in colonial America ; however, his personal efforts changed Quaker viewpoints.

The modern standard scholarly edition is The Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman, ed., Phillips P. Moulton, Friends United Press, 1989.

He may be seen as within the quietist tradition of John Woolman and Job Scott, whereas his followers view the Orthodox Friends as taking on evangelistic notions which were alien to original Quaker faith.

In the 18th century John Woolman began to stir the conscience of Friends concerning the owning of slaves.

On the other hand, some Friends, such as John Woolman, gave up much of their wealth and economic position when they felt it to be a spiritual burden.

In a separate effort, a group of scholars of peace and justice studies decided in 2003 to establish John Woolman College of Active Peace, which seeks to ' mainstream ' many Quaker ( and other ) beliefs and practices around peace and peacemaking into higher education.

* John Woolman College of Active Peace An unconventional educational consortium of scholars, researchers, practitioners and theorists dedicated to following in Woolman's footsteps and teaching the Theory of Active Peace which is implicit in his writings and legacy.

In 1754 John Woolman prepared a Letter which was distributed by the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting expressing concern at Quaker involvement in slavery.

In 1758, influenced by Woolman, the Philadelphia Yearly meeting altered its traditional policy so that henceforth all members who bought or sold Negroes were to be excluded from business meetings or from making contributions to the Society.

Inspired by Woolman's life and spirit, John Woolman School was established in Nevada City, California during the early 1960s.

** The Journal of John Woolman, published posthumously in 1774 by the press of Joseph Crukshank, a Philadelphia Quaker printer.

**" Serious Considerations on Various Subjects of Importance by John Woolman, of Mount-Holly, New-Jersey, with some of his dying expressions.

* Woolman Central Hosted by the John Woolman Memorial Association

** Journal, by John Woolman

This sentimental, anti-intellectual form of pietism is seen in the thought and teaching of Zinzendorf, founder of the Moravians ; but more intellectually rigorous forms of pietism are seen in the teachings of John Wesley, which were themselves influenced by Zinzendorf, and in the teachings of American preachers Jonathan Edwards, who restored to pietism Gerson's focus on obedience and borrowed from early church teachers Origen and Gregory of Nyssa the notion that humans yearn for God, and John Woolman, who combined a mystical view of the world with a deep concern for social issues ; like Wesley, Woolman was influenced by Jakob Boehme, William Law and The Imitation of Christ.

The family was greatly influenced by the teachings of John Woolman who believed that slaveholding was not compatible with Quaker beliefs, and advocated the emancipation of slaves.

Earlier, beginning in 1915 and continuing for about a decade, the Woolman School had been created by Philadelphia Hicksites near Swarthmore College ; its head, Elbert Russell, a midwestern recorded minister, tried unsuccessfully to maintain it, but it ended in the late 1920s.

* 1889 – C. E. Woolman, American airline founder ( d. 1966 )

* 1720 – John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist ( d. 1772 )

* September 11 – C. E. Woolman, American Airlines founder ( b. 1889 )

* October 8 – C. E. Woolman, American airline executive ( d. 1966 )

* October 19 – John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist ( d. 1772 )

* October 7 – John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist ( b. 1720 )

John Woolman attended Quaker meeting at Little Creek in late summer 1748 during a visit to the Southern Counties of Delaware.

* John Woolman ( 1720 – 1772 ), noted Quaker essayist and early anti-slavery advocate.

Image: John_Woolman_House_1. jpg | The John Woolman Memorial

John Woolman noted in his journal attending a Quaker meeting at " Setawket " in the spring of 1747.

The Quakers were among the first to take action largely through the influence of John Woolman and Anthony Benezet.

* David S. Woolman, Rebels in the Rif: Abd el Krim and the Rif Rebellion, 1968

Among his staffers were Edna Woolman Chase, who served as the editor in chief of Vogue ; and Dorothy Parker and Robert Benchley.

John Woolman ( October 19, 1720 – October 7, 1772 ) was a North American itinerant Quaker preacher who traveled throughout much of British North America and in England, advocating against cruelty to animals, economic injustices and oppression, conscription, military taxation, and particularly slavery and the slave trade.

His father Samuel Woolman was a farmer.

In his Journal, John Woolman related a story about a major turning point in his life.