S. sect, the Society of Friends. Two decades ago Quaker Jones helped found the organization he chairmans today—the American Friends Service Committee, universally respected for its good works.
Only recently, also, have we come to realize the salutary contribution of even some of the more excessive and “irregular” types of religious ... of the Society of Friends (Quakers) into ...
The Religious Society of Friends, also known as the Quaker Movement, Quakerism, or simply Quakers, was founded in England in the 17th century. Quakers (or "Friends," as Quakers call themselves ...
Disembarking at Boston in 1656, Mary Fisher, “a religious maiden,” and her companion Ann Austin, Quakers, were welcomed by hangman, by gaoler. The hangman made a public bonfire of all books ...