Blacklash Blues
Recording of the Blacklash Blues by The Sirens. Originally performed by Nina Simone. The Sirens includes Helen Minnis who performed the song during her 2022 Swarthmore Lecture, you can find out more about this here.
Resource Topic: Anti-slavery
2022 Swarthmore Lecture – Perceiving the temperature of the water by Helen Minnis
Perceiving the temperature of the water by Helen Minnis The 2022 Swarthmore Lecture was given by Helen Minnis of Glasgow Meeting. Helen will spoke from her experience as a scientist and a Quaker, addressing issues of white privilege within the Quaker movement and scientific community. Woodbrooke and Helen see the lecture as part of the … Read more
2016 Swarthmore Lecture (Video)
The 2016 Swarthmore Lecture was given by Cécile Nyiramana and Esther Mombo. This lecture will focus on the peace building work of East African Quakers.
Slave rebellions and Quaker anxiety in the turn against slavery
A public lecture by Betsy Cazden.
Quaker Studies Thesis – Summarised
Summaries of Postgraduate Theses on Quaker Topics, including Social Sciences – Quakers today; Quaker History – Stories of the Past; Theology – what did and do Quakers believe?
The Other Family Living with the Woolmans
This public lecture recorded at Woodbrooke in 2012, examines the relationship of John Wollman with his families former slaves.
Searching for John Woolman
This public lecture recorded at Woodbrooke in 2012, James Proud, a direct descendent of Woolman, talks about the process of writing and editing Woolman’s works.
George Richardson Lecture 2015
Brycchan Carey delivers the 2015 George Richardson Lecture and examines two key moments in the development of a wider literature of antislavery.
Seven Quakers – from 1700s till 1900s
This resource pack was compiled by Julianna Minihan during an Eva Koch Scholarship
2016 Swarthmore Lecture (Audio)
The 2016 Swarthmore Lecture was given by Cécile Nyiramana and Esther Mombo. This lecture will focus on the peace building work of East African Quakers.
