Tombstones for Quaker abolitionists James Fulton Jr. and his wife, Mary Ann, in Fallowfield Meetingâs cemetery.
While serving recently as a docent at my meetinghouse, Fallowfield Meeting in Ercildoun, Pa. (a role which includes detailing the documented history of abolitionists associated with the meeting), I heard an attentive, nonâQuaker visitor muse aloud, âI did not know there were black Quakers.âđ
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City & State
phila pa. 19118
I am STUNNED. Ashamed and stunned. THIS is NOT very welcoming, supportive Quaker treatment. What happened to âthere is that of God in every personâ?
Cannot even finish.
City & State
Philadelphia, PA
Thames Taylor thoughtfully states what need to be said. It is sad that we (whites) believe we have the right to question someoneâs humanity and space, even in Quaker spaces. I have done this a few times myself, but after reading this article, I will speak with caution because I know my words are tainted by my privilege.