#Quakers

Beth Follini

bethfollini

Today I gave the appeal at my local meeting, Forest Hill Meeting, for the centrally managed work of Britain Yearly Meeting (@BritishQuakers) Why should Friends support BYM and what is

Doctor Historianess

historianess

There’s a moment at the end of my lecture on Plymouth, Mass Bay, and New Haven where I just say, look: these folks wanted religious freedom for themselves but NOT

Giacomo K. Proud member of Black Voices for Trump

giacoknox

Aunt Jemima suddenly #woke. If you spend your entire life finding things to be offended about, you'll never LIVE. (FYI to any detractors: I was around to witness the remaking

Austin Tyler Rogers

austintylerro

On 27 Dec 1657, 353 years ago, the Flushing Remonstrance was signed. Dutch citizens of New Netherland told Gov Peter Stuyvesant that his persecution of their non-Dutch Quaker neighbors was

Rhiannon Grant

bookgeekrelg

someone: 'How's the book going?' me: 'Which book?'aka a writing and publications update thread 'Telling the Truth about God', a short book about how #Quakers balance different needs in their

Diana Butler Bass

dianabutlerbass

I often think of the statue of Mary Dyer outside the Massachusetts state house in Boston. Of course, it is a public statue of a important American woman who witnessed

Matthew Sweet

DrMatthewSweet

The Carry Ons will be rightly prominent in the obits today, but I want to think of Barbara Windsor like this today, as key member of Joan Littlewood’s revolution in

Lev Taylor

levvity

British people love to talk about saving Jews from the Nazis. Do you imagine they were flown in by benevolent aircrafts? They came in the bowels of boats, on crowded

Stu Brown

stu_bro

I’m reminded of how much ‘bigger’ our world is today, than it was for folks back in 18th C. Ulster. I’m analysing marriage trends in Broughshane. Every single couple in

POC4WELSHINDY

POC4INDY

#IHaveWonPennsylvania is trending, but did you know lots of #Welsh communities were complicit in #SettlerColonialism of Delaware, Susquehannock, Shawne, and Iroquois land of modern day #Pennsylvania? "The Welsh Tract was

Robert Komaniecki

Komaniecki_R

A THREAD of great hip-hop in unusual time signatures, that gets weirder as we go: @xCaptainMurphyx: "Gone Fishing" (in 5) @therealelp: "Dear Sirs" (in 5) @Lin_Manuel: "Meet Me Inside" from

Nemets

Peter_Nimitz

Thread with excerpts from “Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America” by David Hackett Fischer The four major waves of settlers before War of Independence: Puritans from E England to

Lancaster Stands Up

lancstandsup

To kick off #BlackHistoryMonth , we are highlighting an incredible moment in Lancaster County history: The Christiana Resistance; when a community of free black men and women defended themselves against

CORAL

_CQRAL

Learn something new every day#Quaker Nothings Random Relative. David Ogden. QUAKER.“take into account the cherished principles of that Godly people, the Quakers, who laid the broad foundation of American

Michelle - Congrats Americans! 🤗

StopVaxxedLies

Thread“Are Amish Catholic or Jewish?” I was asked today. I figured, if someone plucked up the courage to ask me that question, maybe others wonder, too.Amish are an off-shoot of

Graham Shearer

GJShearer

To develop this a little, in the C17th there was a huge array of characters and groups, the Presbyterians, Royalists, Muggletonians, Socinians, Ranters, Quakers, Fifth Monarchists etc. Don't ask me

By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.