Evans, Joshua, 1731-1798.

Joshua Evans (1731-1798) was a Quaker minister from New Jersey.

From the guide to the Joshua Evans Diary and Autobiography, 1731-1798, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

Joshua Evans, a Quaker minister and abolitionist, was born in 1731 in West Jersey, a member of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting. About the year 1754, he experienced a religious conversion and thereafter devoted his life to sharing his rigorous interpretation of the Gospel through an ascetic and pious life style and simple ministry. Barely educated, he nevertheless was acknowledged as a minister by Haddonfield Monthly Meeting in 1759. Evans was a vegetarian and a fervent proponent of the peace testimony, Quaker plainness, and ending slavery. In 1798, he traveled through the southern states condemning slavery in the strongest terms. Returning to New Jersey, he died in July 1798.

From the description of Papers, ca. 1788-ca. 1804. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 45847204

Joshua Evans was a Quaker minister from New Jersey.

From the description of Joshua Evans diary and autobiography, 1731-1798. WorldCat record id: 22612125