This work brings back into circulation a Quaker text that has not been published since its origination in London in 1658. Sarah Blackborow wrote as part of a flood of women writers seeking—possibly for the first time in recorded history—to enact social change through writing and civil disobedience. Included is an annotated transcription of the text from a PDF facimile of the manuscript, and an introduction to Sarah Blackborow, her writing and the culture in which she lived. The original resides in the British Library, accessed through ProQuest's Early English Books Online.
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