03321nam 2200649 a 450 991078095140332120230207231107.00-8262-7188-X(CKB)2520000000008152(OCoLC)647875354(CaPaEBR)ebrary10364847(SSID)ssj0000342015(PQKBManifestationID)11270098(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342015(PQKBWorkID)10270258(PQKB)10167875(MiAaPQ)EBC3571011(Au-PeEL)EBL3571011(CaPaEBR)ebr10364847(EXLCZ)99252000000000815220090203d2009 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe Quaker community on Barbados[electronic resource] challenging the culture of the planter class /Larry GraggColumbia University of Missouri Pressc20091 online resource (205 p.) "Focusing primarily on the seventeenth century, Gragg draws on wills, censuses, levy books, letters, sermons and journals to tell how Quakers on Barbados sought to implement their beliefs in a place ruled by a planter class that had built its wealth on the backs of slaves"--Provided by publisher.0-8262-1847-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-186) and index."From darkness to light" : the emergence of the Society of Friends in England -- "A little England" : the development of Barbados as England's most prosperous colony -- "Many people convinced" : establishing the Quaker community on Barbados -- "Amongst them called Quakers in this island" : the people attracted to the Quaker community -- "Kept in the heavenly awe of God" : the creation of a Quaker counter-culture on Barbados -- "Uncharitably pursued and anathematized with words, and execrations, and bitter invectives, by a base sort of phanatick people, commonly termed Quakers" : the Quaker critique of the dominant culture -- "Thou hast no right to reign over their conscience in matters of worship of the living God" : the Quaker challenge to slavery on Barbados -- "We are reduced to a very small number" : the decline of the Quaker community on Barbados -- Epilogue.QuakersBarbadosHistory17th centuryCommunity lifeBarbadosHistory17th centuryCountercultureBarbadosHistory17th centurySlaveryBarbadosHistory17th centuryPlantation ownersBarbadosHistory17th centurySocial conflictBarbadosHistory17th centuryBarbadosHistory17th centuryBarbadosSocial conditions17th centuryBarbadosChurch historyQuakersHistoryCommunity lifeHistoryCountercultureHistorySlaveryHistoryPlantation ownersHistorySocial conflictHistory289.6/7298109032Gragg Larry Dale1950-1507743MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780951403321The Quaker community on Barbados3738698UNINA