Quakers are pretty great. Colonisation of North America obviously was a bad thing, but many Quakers were actively opposing from day one the slave trade (before it was abolished back in England) and resisting the genocide of First Nations. And many of them were fleeing active persecution for basically having done similar things back in England. Then Puritan’s and other colonists would lynch the Quakers for sticking to their beliefs.
Quakers are pretty great. Colonisation of North America obviously was a bad thing, but many Quakers were actively opposing from day one the slave trade (before it was abolished back in England) and resisting the genocide of First Nations. And many of them were fleeing active persecution for basically having done similar things back in England. Then Puritan’s and other colonists would lynch the Quakers for sticking to their beliefs.
Consistently American