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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Woolman also lived out the Friends ' Peace Testimony by protesting the French and Indian War.

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

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.

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.

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.

* 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.

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.

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

His father Samuel Woolman was a farmer.

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

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