‘Recent articles have explored how Quakers who had enslaved labourers often attempted to influence them after manumission.’ Photo: Artistic interpretation of the Cooper farmstead, by Edward Gonzalez-Tennant,
Minding the time: Simon Webb on an ‘esteemed’ Quaker of Delaware
‘The Coopers were black, and black people knew that they were at risk of capture.’
by Simon Webb
21st January 2022
In May 1811, Aaron Cooper was abducted from his home in Kent County, Delaware. Five men came out of the night, tied him up with ropes and carried him off, leaving behind his wife Hetty and their three children.
