The Roles of the Test Family
in History

Quakers and Slavery

A Note on Our Family and Slavery
How Quaker Thought on Slavery Developed

Our Cousin:
John C. Whinnery Abolitionist


The Liberal Character of Salem, Ohio For example: in 1847 the publishers of Salem's weekly newspaper, The Village Register, Dr. J.D. Cope and A. Hinchman pledged themselves to be on the side of labor against capital, for the abolition of slavery and capital punishment, and in favor of what they called a “live-and-let-live ethic”.

Source: Douglas Gamble M.A. Thesis, p. 19
The Anti-Slavery Movement and the Women's Suffrage Movement

When Abigail Whinnery was a Little Girl she Outsmarted Bounty Hunters Looking for Run-Away Slaves

Sojourner Truth

The 1850 Salem, Ohio
Women's Rights Convention

Salem as a Center of the Abolitionist Movement

Belmont County, Ohio
Our Cousin Mill Owner Joshua Cope Served as a Station Master on the Underground Railroad
Cope Hid Run-Away Slaves at his Water Mill

Joshua Cope and
The Wheeling Virginia Slave Auction

Joshua Cope Bought a Slave at the Auction and Immediately Freed her on the Spot

Our 5th Cousin John Brown

Edwin Coppoc

Harpers Ferry, Virginia 1859
Edwin Coppoc Hanged for His Role in John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry

John Brown and The Quaker Abolitionists in Cedar County, Iowa

The New Garden Meeting was founded in 1808 at Winona, Ohio. In 1884 it was renamed as the Winona Meeting. The 1838 and the 1895 meetinghouses are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Meetinghouse at Winona, Ohio