Final Days
Woolman's final journey was to England in 1772. During the voyage he stayed in steerage and spent time with the crew rather than in the better accommodations of the other passengers. He attended the Britain London Yearly Meeting, and Friends there were persuaded to oppose slavery in their Epistle, (a type of letter sent to Quakers in other places). John Woolman went from London to York, where he died of smallpox. He was buried October 9. A memorial Memorial to him is located in Mount Holly, New Jersey on the site of one of his orchards, housed in a small home he reportedly built for his daughter and her husband.
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