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03236aam a2200433 i 4500 001 EC1B5F42B05F11EA86A2D96D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200617010021 008 191202s2020 ncua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2019055235 020 $a 1476669856 020 $a 9781476669854 035 $a (OCoLC)1131882277 040 $a NcU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-nc $a n-us-nc 050 00 $a BX7795.T5834 $b L66 2020 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Longley, Maximilian, $d 1971- $e author. 245 10 $a Quaker carpetbagger : $b J. Williams Thorne, Underground Railroad host turned North Carolina politician / $c Max Longley. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2020] 300 $a vii, 210 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The Ecclesiastical Trial -- Born into a Cold World -- Let Truth and Error Grapple -- The Federal Invasion and the Progressive Friends -- Reform, Slave Raid, War -- Keystone Stater and Tar Heel -- Cast Out -- The Carpetbagger and the Carpet Will -- Returning Home -- Speaking His Mind -- Appendix I. Memorial Resolution on J. Williams Thorne Adopted by the Progressive Friends Meeting, Longwood, 1897 -- Appendix II. J. Williams Resorts to Satire to Defend What He Considers the Principles of a True Republic, 1877. 520 $a "J. Williams Thorne (1816-1897) was an outspoken farmer who spent the first half-century of his remarkable life in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where he took part in political debates, helped fugitive slaves in the Underground Railroad and co-founded the Progressive Friends Meeting near his home in Longwood. Williams and his associates discussed vital matters of the day, from slavery to prohibition to women's rights. These issues sometimes came to Thorne's doorstep--he met with nationally prominent reformers, and thwarted kidnappers seeking to enslave one of his free black tenants. After the Civil War, Williams became a 'carpetbagger,' moving to postwar North Carolina to pursue farming and politics. An 'infidel' Quaker (anti-Christian), he was opposed by Democrats who sought to keep him out of the legislature on account of his religious beliefs. Today a little-known figure in history, Williams made his mark through his outspokenness and persistent battling for what he believed"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Thorne, J. Williams $q (Joseph Williams), $d 1816-1897. 650 0 $a Quakers $z Chester County $z Chester County $v Biography. 650 0 $a Quakers $z North Carolina $v Biography. 650 0 $a Legislators $z North Carolina $v Biography. 651 0 $a North Carolina $x Politics and government $y 1865-1950. 650 7 $a Legislators. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00995828 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Quakers. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01084913 651 7 $a North Carolina. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204304 651 7 $a Pennsylvania $z Chester County. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01206006 648 7 $a 1865-1950 $2 fast 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317022436.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EC1B5F42B05F11EA86A2D96D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search