What do Friends mean by equality?
Paul Honigmann, in his second article, considers ‘benevolent inequality’
Last week I described three possible interpretations of what Quakers mean by equality. I now offer some queries that may (or may not) clarify how equality affects their everyday life. During the industrial revolution, many Quakers became rich. Best known are probably the chocolate dynasties of Cadbury, Fry and Rowntree, but there were many others, notably the bankers and others who worked in trades. Perhaps most interesting were those Quaker families connected with the rise of railway companies.
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