Routledge Shaker Autobiographies, Biographies and Testimonies, 1806–1907 (American Communal Societies)

In the late eighteenth century a small Shaker community travelled to America under the leadership of ‘Mother Ann’ Lee. The American communities they founded were based on ideals of pacifism, celibacy and gender equality. The texts included in this edition come from first-hand accounts of life in the Shaker communities during the nineteenth century. Review 'an indispensable, must-have resource for anyone who wants to understand Shakerism as it expressed itself during the nineteenth century.' American Communal Societies Quarterly