Elias Hicks

Elias Hicks (born March 10, 1748 in Rockaway , New York Province, † February 27, 1830 in Jericho, Nassau County , New York ) was an American Quaker opinion leader.

Life

Hicks was a carpenter by trade. As a young man he joined the Religious Society of Friends . In 1771 he married Jemina Seaman. Hicks campaigned for the abolition of slavery . As a preacher, Hicks toured the United States and Canada . Hicks held divergent theological views from Orthodox Quakerism , including the question of the birth of Jesus Christ as a virgin , which he considered less important. Because of his notoriety and the debate over his views, there was a split within American Quakerism in 1827. The fans of his grand piano were henceforth called Hicksite Friends .

literature

Elias Hicks: The Journal of Elias Hicks. Inner Light Books, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9797110-4-6
Evan Lewis: A Review of the Testimony Issued by the Orthodox Seceders from the Monthly Meetings of Westbury and Jerico, Against Elias Hicks. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-0-217-08183-2
The Doctrines of Elias Hicks. A Chapter from the History of the Religious Society of Friends, from its rise to the year 1828 . Volume IV . By Samuel M. Janney - original published 1867 in four volumes. Republished electronically 2008 by Quaker Heron Press

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b J. Gordon Melton: Hicks, Elias (1748-1830) . American liberal Quaker leader. In: Encyclopedia of World Religions . Encyclopedia of Protestantism, No. 6 . Facts of File, New York 2005, ISBN 978-0-8160-5456-5 , pp. 267 (English).
^ Elias Hicks: Observations on the Slavery of the Africans and Their Descendants and on the Use of the Produce of Their Labor. Antislavery Literature Project, archived from the original on January 4, 2011 ; accessed on January 4, 2011 .

Web links

Elias Hicks Manuscript Collection in the Historic Library of Swarthmore College
Elias Hicks Biography in NNDB

personal data
SURNAME	Hicks, Elias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American Quaker
DATE OF BIRTH	March 10, 1748
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rockaway , New York
DATE OF DEATH	February 27, 1830
Place of death	Jericho, Nassau County (New York)

[jgm-1] A ^b J. Gordon Melton: Hicks, Elias (1748-1830) . American liberal Quaker leader. In: Encyclopedia of World Religions . Encyclopedia of Protestantism, No. 6 . Facts of File, New York 2005, ISBN 978-0-8160-5456-5 , pp. 267 (English).

[2] Elias Hicks: Observations on the Slavery of the Africans and Their Descendants and on the Use of the Produce of Their Labor. Antislavery Literature Project, archived from the original on January 4, 2011 ; accessed on January 4, 2011 .