The New York Friends' involvement in the broader society is further ... exemplify the interaction between Quaker conscience and the wider world. The book also examines Quaker architecture, whose ...

That makes Willard the ideal person to have written “Quaker Abolitionist: Breaking the Chains of Oppression,” a book about Quakers who were actively involved in the movement to end slavery.

Because Quakers had no formal minister or church ... so it is hard to know precisely how rank-and-file Friends received Lay’s book. The Overseers’ reaction, however, was recorded.