ABSTRACT

The Shakers are perhaps the best known of American religious communities. Their ethos and organization had a practical influence on many other communities and on society as a whole. This three volume collection presents writings from a broad cross-section of those who opposed the Shakers and their way of life.

chapter |4 pages

P. A., Three Curious Pieces

chapter |10 pages

West, Scriptural Cautions

chapter |58 pages

Daniel Rathbun, A Letter

chapter |6 pages

[Anon.], ‘For The Western Star’

chapter |3 pages

Taylor, Letter

chapter |13 pages

Smith, Remarkable Occurrences

chapter |6 pages

[Anon.], ‘Who are the Shakers?’

chapter |30 pages

Smith, Shakerism Detected

chapter |3 pages

Bailey, Fanaticism Exposed