by WebPost | Dec 19, 1800 | History - Quaker, History - RFM
The Jacob House by Harry Kollatz, Jr. The Jacob House is a small place with a big history. During its most recent years, it deteriorated and got up rooted. Now restored, it’ll be given away to a worthy cause. Until 1995, Jacob House stood on its original circa-l817...
by WebPost | Dec 19, 1800 | History - Quaker, History - RFM
James Pleasants deserves more fame than he has received. He was raised a Quaker and served as Governor of Virginia, 1822-25. He also served in the Virginia House of Delegates, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Within the context of his times,...
by WebPost | Dec 18, 1800 | History - Quaker, History - RFM
Robert Pleasants, who was born at Curles in Henrico County, Virginia in 1723 and died in 1801, was one Virginia’s most noted Quaker abolitionists. As one of the founders of the Virginia Abolition Society in 1790, he served as president. In 1782 he successfully lobbied...
by WebPost | Dec 18, 1600 | History - Quaker
In his Notes on the State of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson reflected on the religious intolerance in seventeenth-century Virginia, specifically on the anti-Quaker laws passed by the Virginia Assembly from 1659 onward. Jefferson apparently believed that it was no more...
