Excerpt from Naomi, Or Boston, Two Hundred Years Ago

I have endeavoured in the following pages to preserve, as much as was in my power, and exact justice between the two parties, to present the bigoted age, the limited view, the deep provocation, and the stern justice of our forefathers in their dealings with the Quakers, while, on the other hand, I have not concealed the audacity, the determined perseverance, and the spiritual pride of those illiterate Quaker women who came to this country as much to gain notoriety as from a sincere desire for martyrdom.

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