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The 2025 George Richardson lecture, "George W. Taylor : a practical antislavery man", given by Julie Holcomb will be held via Zoom on Wednesday 3rd September starting at 19:30.
In this lecture, Julie Holcomb argues that as a Gurneyite Orthodox Quaker, Taylor’s life and work provide an important counterpoint to those of Hicksite Quaker abolitionists like Lucretia Mott. Using Taylor’s life as a lens this lecture examines the connections between Quakerism, antislavery, capitalism, and gender in the 1840s and 1850s. A key figure in the free produce movement, Taylor brought together a broad spectrum of activists—Quakers, non-Quakers, Black abolitionists, men and women. For Taylor, “practical antislavery” was a practical expression of his Quakerism.
There will be time for comments and questions.
You may book to attend the lecture, and view further details, here: https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/george-richardson-lecture-george-w-taylor-a-practical-antislavery-man/
In this lecture, Julie Holcomb argues that as a Gurneyite Orthodox Quaker, Taylor’s life and work provide an important counterpoint to those of Hicksite Quaker abolitionists like Lucretia Mott. Using Taylor’s life as a lens this lecture examines the connections between Quakerism, antislavery, capitalism, and gender in the 1840s and 1850s. A key figure in the free produce movement, Taylor brought together a broad spectrum of activists—Quakers, non-Quakers, Black abolitionists, men and women. For Taylor, “practical antislavery” was a practical expression of his Quakerism.
There will be time for comments and questions.
You may book to attend the lecture, and view further details, here: https://www.woodbrooke.org.uk/courses/george-richardson-lecture-george-w-taylor-a-practical-antislavery-man/
Quaker Studies is multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary.
Quaker Studies feeds into and from theology, history, philosophy, politics, sociology, anthropology, womens studies, peace studies, literary studies and cultural studies. The Quaker Studies Research Association (QSRA), formed in 1992 and with an international membership, is the umbrella organisation for all those studying, teaching, researching or connected with research into one of the areas of Quaker Studies. With the Centre for Postgraduate Quaker Studies at Woodbrooke, the QSRA holds an annual conference, hosts the George Richardson Lecture, and oversees the David Adshead Scholarship for new postgraduates. There the fully-refereed journal, Quaker Studies, is published by Open Library of Humanities twice a year. All journal subscribers are automatically members of QSRA: you can join by subscribing to the journal HERE.