“Our Antient Friends … Are Much Reduced”: Mary and James Wright, the Hopewell Friends Meeting, and Quaker Women in the Southern Backcountry, c. 1720–c. 1790

Although the existence of Quakers in Virginia is well known, the best recent surveys of Virginia history devote only passing attention to them, mostly in the context of expanding religious freedoms during the revolutionary era. Few discuss the Quakers themselves or the nature of Quaker settlements a...

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Main Author: Thomas Daniel Knight
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-08-01
Series:Genealogy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/5/3/72