Shaker Autobiographies Biographies And Testimonies 1806 1907

Download or read book Shaker Autobiographies, Biographies and Testimonies, 1806–1907 Vol 3 written by GlendyneR Wergland and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late eighteenth century a small Shaker community travelled to America under the leadership of ?Mother Ann? Lee. The American communities they founded were based on ideals of pacifism, celibacy and gender equality. The texts included in this edition come from first-hand accounts of life in the Shaker communities during the nineteenth century.