I mentioned this before, it is worth noting it again, the Amish, Quakers. so called prairie people play a very deep role in US history, most people think they are just some backwards farmers..........no, they are very smart........the owner of Walmart is Amish or something similar...........


 His unsuccessful efforts to lead a contingent of free black Americans to join the small British settlement of London blacks at the mouth of the Sierra Leone River in West Africa were looked on favorably by Philadelphia's Quaker establishment. Some leaders of the new republic—notably James Madison, with whom he lodged at Mrs. Mary House's prominent boarding establishment in 1787 and 1788—were cognizant of Thornton's abolitionist activities. However, after moving to the City of Washington