John Woolman (d 10/7 1772), a Quaker tailor from NJ, spent his life in a continuous effort to heed the dictates of Christ in all areas of his life—above all to do all in his power to oppose the evil of slavery. He traveled on foot throughout the mid-Atlantic to spread this cause.
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He wouldn’t accept hospitality in a slave-owning house, consume anything made with sugar or molasses or wear dyed clothes—products of slave labor. He was determined not only to reject direct oppression of fellow humans but to root out any indirect enjoyment of exploited labor.