George Fox: An Autobiography

by George Fox

George Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends, dictated the account of his life that became known as his Journal, and this edition, edited with an introduction and notes by the Quaker scholar Rufus M. Jones, presents it as an autobiography. Fox describes his troubled youth, his spiritual search and the discovery of an inner light in every person, and then his years of preaching across England, his clashes with ministers and magistrates, his many imprisonments and his journeys to Scotland, Ireland, the American colonies and the Netherlands. Plain, vivid and fearless, the narrative is a central document of the Quaker movement, and this edition opens with William Penn's testimony to his friend. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.