John Woolman
American Quaker preacher and writer 1720-1772 · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 51
John Woolman was an American merchant, tailor, journalist, Quaker preacher, and early abolitionist during the colonial era.
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Based in Mount Holly, New Jersey, near Philadelphia, he traveled through the American frontier to preach Quaker beliefs, and advocate against slavery and the slave trade, cruelty to animals, economic injustices and oppression, and conscription. Beginning in 1755 with the outbreak of the French and Indian War, he urged tax resistance to deny support to the colonial military. In 1772, Woolman traveled to England, where he urged Quakers to support abolition of slavery.
