uprighteousness

But there arose the criticism that the real evil could hardly be cured "until a thorough search was made in the circumstances of such Friends as kept Negroes with respect to the uprighteousness of their motives in keeping them, that impartial justice might be administered throughout."

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 Various

By sowing the seed of uprighteousness, by unceasing effort and rigid frugality, the harvest, though sometimes tardy, will be sure to produce an hundred fold in Christian virtues and material prosperity.

Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century Mifflin Wistar Gibbs 1885

Friends as kept Negroes with respect to the uprighteousness of their motives in keeping them, that impartial justice might be administered throughout. "

John Woolman's Efforts in Behalf of Freedom G. David Houston 1917