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Writer Traces Family Roots to Third Haven Quaker Meeting in Easton, Maryland

The Third Haven Meeting House stands outside Easton, Maryland, on the state’s Eastern Shore, a region of tiny colonial towns and some of the oldest settled land in...

Quakers in France Meet at Nantes Abolition of Slavery Memorial to Support Victims of Slavery
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Quakers in France Meet at Nantes Abolition of Slavery Memorial to Support Victims of Slavery

Michael O’Connor, 52, says he has “finally found a religion that resembles” him, and he is convinced he is and will remain a Quaker. Born in Michigan, he...

Swarthmore College’s Quaker Founding and Its 1930s Break From Quakerism, Column Says
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Swarthmore College’s Quaker Founding and Its 1930s Break From Quakerism, Column Says

Swarthmore College was founded as a Quaker school, and the columnist, a history major who has written a series on the college’s history, notes that the college officially...

Krefeld, Germany, Has One Quaker Again as Olaf Radicke Leads Silent Worship in Mennonite Church
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Krefeld, Germany, Has One Quaker Again as Olaf Radicke Leads Silent Worship in Mennonite Church

Olaf Radicke is Krefeld’s only Quaker, and he has brought a small church back to a city that once played a notable role in the movement’s history. Quakers...

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