Значение слова WOOLMAN в Литературной энциклопедии

WOOLMAN

JOHN (1720-1772).-Quaker diarist, _b._ at Burlington, New Jersey, began life as a farm labourer, and then became a clerk in a store. He underwent deep religious impressions, and the latter part of his life was devoted to itinerant preaching and doing whatever good came to his hand. To support himself he worked as a tailor. He was one of the first to witness against the evils of slavery, on which he wrote a tract, _Some Considerations on the Keeping of Negroes_ (1753). His _Journal_ "reveals his life and character with rare fidelity" and, though little known compared with some similar works, gained the admiration of, among other writers, Charles Lamb, who says, "Get the writings of John Woolman by heart." In 1772 he went to England, where he _d._ of smallpox in the same year.

Литературная энциклопедия. 2012