- Shakers - Wikipedia
Shakers developed written covenants in the 1790s Those who signed the covenant had to confess their sins, consecrate their property and their labor to the society, and live as celibates If they were married before joining the society, their marriages ended when they joined
- History of the Shakers - U. S. National Park Service
The “Shaking Quakers,” or Shakers, split from mainstream Quakerism in 1747 after being heavily influenced by Camisard preaching The Shakers developed along their own lines, forming into a society with Jane and James Wardley as their leaders
- History of the Shakers - Shaker Heritage Society
The founder of the Shakers, Ann Lee, was a blacksmith’s daughter and a mill hand in Manchester, England Looking for a more personal and emotional religion than the official Church of England, in 1758 she joined a group called the Wardley Society that had left the Quakers
- The Shakers Religion Community | Ken Burns - PBS
Find out who the Shakers are, founded by Ann Lee, where they live and what their beliefs are
- The celibate, dancing Shakers were once seen as a threat to society . . .
The trailer for the film "The Testament of Ann Lee" is riveting and unsettling — just as the celibate Shakers were to the average observer during their American emergence in the 1780s
- Shakers Restaurant
Since 1971, Shakers Family Restaurant has been providing quality, mouth-watering breakfast, lunch and dinners to Southern California residents With our location in South Pasadena, Shakers is all about quality, excellence and a fantastic menu!
- THE SHAKERS – Shaker Museum
The Shakers were guided by core values of conviction, integrity, inclusion, and innovation They were early advocates of gender equality, welcomed Black Shakers, practiced pacifism, and put community needs above individual ones
- Who are the Shakers? - Enfield Shaker Museum
The Shakers are a small Protestant religious denomination founded in Manchester, England in the mid-1700’s as a dissident group of the Society of Friends (Quakers)
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