1st Edition

Writings of Shaker Apostates and Anti-Shakers, 1782-1850

Edited By Christian Goodwillie Copyright 2013
    334 Pages
    by Routledge

    334 Pages
    by Routledge

    The Shakers are perhaps the best known of American religious communities. Their ethos and organization had a practical influence on many other communities and on society as a whole. This three volume collection presents writings from a broad cross-section of those who opposed the Shakers and their way of life.

    Rathbun, a Brief Account of a Religious Scheme; Taylor, a Narrative of the Strange Principles, Conduct and Character of the People Known by the Name of Shakers; P. A., Three Curious Pieces; West, Scriptural Cautions; Daniel Rathbun, A Letter; ‘Spectator’, ‘The People Called Shakers’; Scales, ‘Mystery of the People Called Shakers’; [Anon.], ‘For The Western Star’; Rathbun, ‘Caleb Rathbun Aged Nearly Seventeen Year’; Taylor, Letter; Valentine Rathbun, ‘For the Western Star’; Rathbone, Reasons Offered for Leaving the Shakers; Smith, ‘An Attempt to Develope Shakerism’; Smith, Remarkable Occurrences; [Anon.], ‘Who are the Shakers?’; ‘Mobbing the Shakers’ and ‘Expedition Against the Shakers’; [Anon.], ‘Expedition Against the Shakers’, Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA), 1 October 1810; Smith, Shakerism Detected; Bailey, Fanaticism Exposed

    Biography

    Christian Goodwillie