The Shakers were a radical Christian group known for their ecstatic worship, communal living, and strict celibacy. Founded by Mother Ann Lee in the 18th century, they believed she was the second ...

Go to the Shakers. See for yourself who and what they are.” -- Eldress Antoinette Doolittle, 1824 They called themselves the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing ...

Little is known of the early life of Rebecca Cox Jackson, a black woman who became an eldress in the Shaker religion and founded a Shaker community in Philadelphia. Rebecca was born in 1795 to a ...