A devout Quaker and baker travels through the Mid-Atlantic and New England, with a few short jaunts into Southern states; he is mostly concerned with religious matters and politics as they relate to religious belief (namely, slavery).
Joseph John Gurney (2 August 1788 – 4 January 1847) was a banker in Norwich, England and a member of the Gurney family of that city. He became an evangelical minister of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), whose views and actions led, ultimately, to a schism among American Quakers.... Show more
