Elias Hicks

Clergyman

1748-03-19 – 1830-02-27

Elias Hicks was an American Quaker preacher and early advocate for abolition. His teachings helped shape the Hicksite branch that emerged in the nineteenth-century Quaker schism. He was a leading religious figure in New York Quaker communities.

Books by Elias Hicks

Letters of Elias Hicks

Including Also Observations on the Slavery of the Africans and Their Descendants, and on the Use of the Produce of Their Labor
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Sermons Delivered by Elias Hicks & Edward Hicks

In Friends' Meetings, New-York, in 5th Month, 1825
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Journal of the Life and Religious Labours of Elias Hicks
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Quotes by Elias Hicks

We have met on a solemn occasion, and in this crowded assembly there is one thing that appears important, that is, for every one of us to be still, that if any thing should he said, every one may the better hear.
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Therefore, don't let sinners take courage to think they will be favoured like the thief on the cross; for we see on the other side, they may be like the hardened one, and reproach death itself.
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