All this time I lived with my parents, and wrought on the plantation; and having had schooling pretty well for a planter, I used to improve myself in winter evenings, and other leisure times.
John WoolmanAbout author
- Author's profession: Clergyman
- Nationality: american
- Born: October 19, 1720
- Died: October 7, 1772
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