This book documents the spiritual and practical impacts of discrimination in the Religious Society of Friends in the belief that understanding the truth of our past is vital to achieving a diverse, inclusive community in the future. There is a common misconception that most Quakers assisted fugitive slaves and involved themselves in civil rights activism because of their belief in equality. While there were Friends committed to ending enslavement and post-enslavement injustices, Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship reveals that racism has been as insidious, complex, and pervasive among Friends as it has been generally among people of European descent.

The legendary status of Quakers in the struggle for Black freedom undrgoes serious scrutiny and critique in this book.

Reviewed in Friends Journal, November 2009, p. 30, Quaker Religious Thought, #116-#117, p. 81, The Canadian Friend, May 2012, p. 22