Elias Hicks

Elias Hicks (born March 19, 1748, Hempstead Township, Long Island, New York [U.S.]—died February 27, 1830, Jericho, Long Island, New York, U.S.) was an early advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States and a liberal Quaker preacher whose followers became known as Hicksites, one of two factions created by the schism of 1827–28 in American Quakerism. After assisting in ridding the Society of Friends (Quakers) of slavery, Hicks worked for general abolition....