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Civil rights and equality have played a major role in American history. People have been fighting for rights based on gender, ethnicity, race, and other attributes for centuries. In what way did the Quakers participate in the early fight for human rights?

The religious society of friends is called the Quaker movement and was founded in 17th century England by George Fox. The early followers of friends were persecuted because they believed in the idea that God exists in every human being. They didn't accept religious ceremonies or official clergy and believed in the spiritual equality of men and women. They played an important role in abolitionist and women's rights movements. They first arrived in America in the 1650s. As the primary Quaker belief inequality of human beings so they were the first to campaign against slavery in the 1600s. Susan B. Anthony who was a Quacker who dedicated her life for equal voting rights for women in America and also founded the American Equal Rights Association in 1866. William Tuke was a Quaker who helped to fund an asylum which pioneered a more humane treatment of mentally ill patients. So, we can say that Quakers played an important role in the early fight for human rights. Even today Quaker organization is campaigning against violence and injustice.

? Civil rights and equality have played a major role in American history. People have been fighting for rights based on gender, ethnicity, race, and other attributes for centuries. In what way did the Quakers participate in the early fight for human rights?

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Civil rights and equality have played a major role in American history. People have been fighting for rights based on gender, ethnicity, race, and other attributes for centuries. In what way did the Quakers participate in the early fight for human rights?