Friends of Humanity
A Quaker Anti-Slavery Influence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3560050 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Miles Mark Fisher (Durham Technical Community College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1935 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 187-202 |
| Publication date | 1935-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3160844 |
| OpenAlex | W2163677146 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
The humanitarianism of the eighteenth century gave added impulse to the members of the Society of Friends to practice the gospel of love for all mankind. Since at first "they were in derision called Quakers," it is most likely that all of their interests were sneered at. Nevertheless, they influenced other denominations by their anti-slavery appeals and popularized the idea of a "society" for humanitarian purposes as they gave full meaning to the words friends and humanity. The English Quakers were called "Friends of Thieves" because they worked for prison reform in London, and the American Quakers appear to be the first persons who were known as "Friends of Humanity" primarily because they opposed Negro slavery vehemently
Criminology · Dehumanization · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Gospel · Humanity · Impulse (physics) · Meaning (existential) · Political science · Prison · Sociology · Theology · Anthropology · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies
| Citations per year | 0.02 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1972 - 1972 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |