Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship: Quakers, African Americans, and the Myth of Racial Justice AUTH-3504128 David Clay Large

David Clay Large

Examines the origins

At his Wednesday audiences during 2007 and 2008 Pope Benedict XVI gave a series of short talks on the Fathers of the Church

the strange lights in the sky heralding the coming of unearthly beings seemed like an answer to prayer

Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship: Quakers, African Americans, and the Myth of Racial Justice AUTH-3504128 David Clay LargeThe Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) has been reputed to have opposed enslavement and later racial injustices. Many members, however, enslaved people of African descent, and Quaker attitudes toward African Americans since have generally reflected the culture at large. To some extent, then, the Quaker story has lessons for us all. Most Quakers did not become involved in the process of banning enslavement until 1760, after thirty years of taking