where did the quakers establish a colony Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/where-did-the-quakers-establish-a-colony Sat, 07 May 2016 12:07:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 American Quakers and Social Reform http://toursmaps.com/american-quakers-social-reform.html http://toursmaps.com/american-quakers-social-reform.html#respond Wed, 11 May 2016 16:44:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=203891 But Quakers did not withdraw from public life altogether. They remained at the forefront of social reform despite their abdication from power in Pennsylvania government. They were instrumental in developing state-of-the-art educational institutions in Pennsylvania, promoting criminal justice reform, and providing for the relief of the poor. For example, the Friends’ Alms House in Philadelphia (1729) became a model of charity for the disadvantaged; when joined with the Bettering House (1767), it offered the Atlantic world a new vision of philanthropy and benevolence. Perhaps Quakers are best known for their leadership in another area of social reform, antislavery. Prominent Quaker

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