Quaker History

 Date:  Wednesday, February 22

Time: 5:30 PM MST/6:30 PM CST

Online:  (Zoom invitation below)

 

Are you interested in Quaker history? Especially lesser-known aspects, like Quakers in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast? Join us on Wednesday, February 22, for a program presented by Max L. Carter, a recently retired professor of Quaker Studies at Guilford College, for a journey through 350 years of Quaker settlement in and contributions to the Southeast. Focusing on Virginia and North Carolina, the presentation will examine the “whys and hows” of the first Friends in the early British Colonies, the challenges they faced, their response to war and slavery, the near-extinction of Quaker community in the region, how it was revived, and what it looks like today in all its variegated forms.  

 

Presenter Bio:

 

Max L. Carter retired in 2015 as the William R. Rogers Director of Friends Center and Quaker Studies at Guilford College. Raised in a Hoosier farming community settled by Quakers who came from Virginia and North Carolina in the 19th-century anti-slavery migrations, he went on to a 45-year career in Quaker education in Palestine, Indiana, Philadelphia, and Greensboro, North Carolina. A recorded Friends minister, he is a member of New Garden Friends Meeting in Greensboro, where he continues to live with his wife Jane. Along with his interest in Quaker history and spirituality, Max leads annual service-learning groups with his wife to Palestine and Israel. Among his publications are "College Spirit," "Tales from the New Garden Friends Graveyard," "Palestine and Israel: A Personal Encounter," and numerous articles and encyclopedia entries.

 

Host: Willard E. White, PhD.  Should you have questions regarding this program or the link, please contact Willard at 708.710.5725 or by email: white@martsandlundy.com.  

 

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