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Quotation from The Journal of John Woolman by John Woolman
“I believed Slave-keeping to be a Practice inconsistent with the _Christian_ Religion”
The Journal of John Woolman, Journal, Chapter I (Project Gutenberg #37311 (Everyman's Library, reprinting the London edition of 1775))
What he says aloud before his employer and the buyer after writing a bill of sale for an enslaved woman.
Citation: "I believed Slave-keeping to be a Practice inconsistent with the _Christian_ Religion" — John Woolman, The Journal of John Woolman, Journal, Chapter I (Project Gutenberg #37311 (Everyman's Library, reprinting the London edition of 1775)). (id journal-of-john-woolman-q3)
Portrait: John Woolman, Probably Robert Smith III, Public domain.
