Announcements
A New NYC Quakers Website
April 30, 2025
Announcing a new website for New York City Quakers (Friends) that better reflects our vibrancy with more photos, color, energy, and information
Activism & Witness
Quaker History article on NY Quakers' Manumissions of Enslaved Persons
Quaker History article on efforts of New York Quakers to manumit Friends' enslaved persons in the 18th century
April 25th, 2025
The Bowne House Historical Society shares a recently published article in the Journal Quaker History, titled:
"Long Island Quaker and Bowne Family Manumissions During the Revolutionary War and Post-Revolutionary War Eras."
This important story documents the decades-long effort (1771–1798) by the New York Meeting to manumit enslaved persons among its members—highlighting the Bowne and Parsons families’ leadership in abolition and later Underground Railroad involvement.
(Image shows a delayed manumission certificate by Daniel Bowne, dated 1777, effective 1794. Courtesy of Bowne House Archives.)
News
NYQM Business Meetings
Minutes and Report from New York Quarterly Business Meeting, April 19, 2025
April 22, 2025
New York Quarterly Meeting Friends met at Fifteenth St. Meeting on Saturday, April 19, 2025, for meeting for worship with a concern for business.
Event
Open House at Brooklyn Frontiers High School
April 8, 2025
A group of NYC Quakers were welcomed into Brooklyn Meeting's neighboring Brooklyn Frontiers High School for a presentation, tour, and panel discussion.