By GlendyneR Wergland

within the overdue eighteenth century a small Shaker group travelled to the United States lower than the management of ?Mother Ann? Lee. the yankee groups they based have been in response to beliefs of pacifism, celibacy and gender equality. The texts integrated during this version come from first-hand bills of lifestyles within the Shaker groups through the 19th century.

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