Records of Leeds Peace Association of the Society of Friends. 1842-1861.
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Leeds Peace Association of the Society of Friends.
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In October 1842, a group of Friends in Leeds, 'holding to the doctrine of the unlawfulness of all war under the gospel', formed the Leeds Peace Association. This was a local branch of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace (the Peace Society). The first secretaries were Thomas Harvey and Wilson Waterfall, and its treasurer Joseph Walker. Membership remained small and its impact limited until 1851, when the first non-Quakers joined the committee, and activities were broade...
Society of Friends
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The Society of Friends (or 'Quakers') was formed by George Fox (1624-1691), a shoemaker from Nottingham. In the 1640s Fox travelled throughout England delivering sermons in which he argued that individuals could have direct access to God without the need for churches, priests or other aspects of the established Church. Fox's followers became known as the 'Friends of Truth' and later the 'Society of Friends'. Fox developed rules for the management of meetings, which were printed as 'Friends Fello...
