"Jean R. Soderlund describes and analyzes how Quakers in the Delaware Valley moved from an unthinking but extensive involvement in slavery in the late seventeenth century to a commitment to eradication of this evil among themselves before the end of the eighteenth century... Taken together, the three variables [described by Soderlund] provide a powerful and persuasive framework within which to view the 'Divided Spirit' that characterized the Quaker response to slavery between the 1680s and 1780s."--Owen S. Ireland, William and Mary Quarterly

• *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*FIGURES, pg. viii*TABLES, pg. ix*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xi*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xiii*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER 1. Abolitionists Confront the Meeting, pg. 15*CHAPTER 2. Leadership and Control of the Yearly Meeting, pg. 32*CHAPTER 3. Slavery: Temptation and Challenge, pg. 54*CHAPTER 4. The Local Meetings Debate Slavery, pg. 87*CHAPTER 5. Shrewsbury and Chesterfield Meetings, pg. 112*CHAPTER 6. Chester and Philadelphia Meetings, pg. 148*CONCLUSION. The Limits of Quaker Reform, pg. 173*APPENDICES, pg. 189*INDEX, pg. 211

"Jean R. Soderlund describes and analyzes how Quakers in the Delaware Valley moved from an unthinking but extensive involvement in slavery in the late seventeenth century to a commitment to eradication of this evil among themselves before the end of the eighteenth century... Taken together, the three variables [described by Soderlund] provide a powerful and persuasive framework within which to view the 'Divided Spirit' that characterized the Quaker response to slavery between the 1680s and 1780s."--Owen S. Ireland, William and Mary Quarterly

• *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*FIGURES, pg. viii*TABLES, pg. ix*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xi*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xiii*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER 1. Abolitionists Confront the Meeting, pg. 15*CHAPTER 2. Leadership and Control of the Yearly Meeting, pg. 32*CHAPTER 3. Slavery: Temptation and Challenge, pg. 54*CHAPTER 4. The Local Meetings Debate Slavery, pg. 87*CHAPTER 5. Shrewsbury and Chesterfield Meetings, pg. 112*CHAPTER 6. Chester and Philadelphia Meetings, pg. 148*CONCLUSION. The Limits of Quaker Reform, pg. 173*APPENDICES, pg. 189*INDEX, pg. 211

"Jean R. Soderlund describes and analyzes how Quakers in the Delaware Valley moved from an unthinking but extensive involvement in slavery in the late seventeenth century to a commitment to eradication of this evil among themselves before the end of the eighteenth century... Taken together, the three variables [described by Soderlund] provide a powerful and persuasive framework within which to view the 'Divided Spirit' that characterized the Quaker response to slavery between the 1680s and 1780s."--Owen S. Ireland, William and Mary Quarterly

• *FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*FIGURES, pg. viii*TABLES, pg. ix*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xi*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xiii*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*CHAPTER 1. Abolitionists Confront the Meeting, pg. 15*CHAPTER 2. Leadership and Control of the Yearly Meeting, pg. 32*CHAPTER 3. Slavery: Temptation and Challenge, pg. 54*CHAPTER 4. The Local Meetings Debate Slavery, pg. 87*CHAPTER 5. Shrewsbury and Chesterfield Meetings, pg. 112*CHAPTER 6. Chester and Philadelphia Meetings, pg. 148*CONCLUSION. The Limits of Quaker Reform, pg. 173*APPENDICES, pg. 189*INDEX, pg. 211