How did Quakerism affect the social order in colonial Philadelphia?
The Quakers believed in equality for all people and worked to prevent human suffering. Philadelphia’s public schools taught girls as well as boys. The public almshouses served the poor of all faiths. Quakers lent immigrants money without interest and protested the slave trade. Source: Bronner, Edwin B. “Village into Town, 1701-1746.” Philadelphia: A 300-Year History. New York: Norton, 1982. p. 43-45.
