Talk:Testimony of Equality

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[edit] Request for help wrt American slavery.

Could someone who is knowledgeble about early opposition to slavery in America look at the last half of the third paragraph in Mennonite#Mennonites in early American history and verify the details (the paragraph about anti-slavery, if it has moved by the time you read this)? It has been around a long time without reference. I cleaned up some of the wording and I think some of the details are correct, but it may not be completely accurate in whole. Please feel free to edit and cite. As usual, I'm too lazy at the moment to find a good source myself. JonHarder 06:13, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

It makes reference to a Germantown Monthly Meeting minute (a Quaker statement of position). It's a somewhat famous minute, but I've never seen the text of it. Might be interesting to track down. --Ahc 05:45, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Well that was easy. See http://www.qhpress.org/texts/oldqwhp/as-1688.htm. As to the details in the other article, I can't speak to who was a member at the time, but this is the document they refer to. I'll try to get a citation added over there soon. --Ahc 05:49, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Text from RSoF article

I've pulled the following text from the Religious Society of Friends article. I think if this content has a place it's in this article.

One of the most enduring examples of Quaker egalitarianism can be seen in a meeting between William Penn and King Charles II of England. Summoned into the presence of the King, Penn refused to remove his hat. When Charles II asked why, Penn replied, "Friend Charles, we do not uncover for any man, but only for the Lord." Upon hearing this, Charles removed his own hat. "Friend Charles," Penn asked, "why dost thou uncover thyself?" "Friend Penn," Charles II replied, "in this place it is the custom for only one man at a time to keep his hat on." This pragmatic attitude towards Quaker egalitarianism and "hat honor," however, was comparatively rare for the time.

--Ahc 02:44, 11 August 2006 (UTC)