What were the Quakers and what did they do with the whales they killed? Quakers were pacifist's to the human race. Quakers had a simple life and limited material possessions. They were against slavery and had rigid self-control. They lead their life with a holy sense of mission. The Quakers were accepting of whaling as a career. "...,Hussey managed to harpoon and kill one of the whales,..." (page 6) I think that whaling was cruel to the whales and almost caused their extinction. "So named because "they were the right whale to kill," right whales grazed the waters off Nantucket much like seagoing cattle," (page 5) It was a necessary job to have, because it provided whale blubber which was turned into oil and the bones were used for woman's corsets. I wish there was a control on how many whales were killed.

Nicole! 11/23/09