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Henry Tuke (24 March 1755 – 11 August 1814) co-founded with his father, William Tuke, the Retreat asylum in York, England, a humane alternative to the nineteenth-century network of asyla, based on Quaker principles.[1][2]
He was the author of several moral and theological treatises which have been translated into German and French.
He was a subscriber to the African Institution, the body which set out to create a viable, civilized refuge for freed slaves in Sierra Leone, Africa.[3]
Historic ship
The 1824 ship Henry Tuke, 365 tons, was built by Thatcher Magoun in Medford, MA, and owned by Daniel Pinckney Parker and John Chandler, Jr. It was a whaler in Warren, RI in 1846.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Birth: "England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Births 1578-1841"
Reference: RG6/1120
FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 29 October 2022)
Henry Tuke born 24 Mar 1755, son of William & Elizabeth, in York, Yorkshire, England. - ^ Burial: "England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Burials 1578-1841"
Reference: RG6/882
FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 29 October 2022)
Henry Tuke burial (died on 11 Aug 1814 at age 59) on 16 Aug 1814 in York, Yorkshire, England. - ^ Sixth Report of the Committee of the African Institution. London: African Institution. 1812.
- ^ Gleason, Hall (1937). Old Ships and Ship-Building Days of Medford. Medford, MA: J.C. Miller. p. 57.
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