Beautiful Soul of John Woolman, Apostle of Abolition

Thomas P. Slaughter. The Beautiful Soul of John Woolman, Apostle of Abolition.
Hardcover: 449 pp. Hill and Wang, 2008.

"Thomas Slaughter has accomplished the seemingly impossible task of rescuing a saint -- here an abolitionist Quaker saint -- entombed merely in fame. This discerning, poetic biography discloses a Woolman far more powerful, both personally and morally, than even his famous Journal reveals. Few histories are more quietly riveting, more piercingly compelling. The Beautiful Soul of John Woolman is an amazing reconstruction of a daring life." -- Back cover blurb by Jon Butler