Author: Norman E. Donoghue II
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271096071
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 227
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In 1777, Congress labeled Quakers who would not take up arms in support of the War of Independence as “the most Dangerous Enemies America knows” and ordered Pennsylvania and Delaware to apprehend them. In response, Keystone State officials sent twenty men—seventeen of whom were Quakers—into exile, banishing them to Virginia, where they were held for a year. Prisoners of Congress reconstructs this moment in American history through the experiences of four families: the Drinkers, the Fishers, the Pembertons, and the Gilpins. Identifying them as the new nation’s first political prisoners, Norman E. Donoghue II relates how the Quakers, once the preeminent power in Pennsylvania and an integral constituency of the colonies and early republic, came to be reviled by patriots who saw refusal to fight the English as borderline sedition. Surprising, vital, and vividly told, this narrative of political and literal warfare waged by the United States against a pacifist religious group during the Revolutionary War era sheds new light on an essential aspect of American history. It will appeal to anyone interested in learning more about the nation’s founding.
Author: Norman E. Donoghue II
Publisher: Penn State University Press
ISBN: 9780271095073
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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In 1777, Congress labeled Quakers who would not take up arms in support of the War of Independence as "the most Dangerous Enemies America knows" and ordered Pennsylvania and Delaware to apprehend them. In response, Keystone State officials sent twenty men--seventeen of whom were Quakers--into exile, banishing them to Virginia, where they were held for a year. Prisoners of Congress reconstructs this moment in American history through the experiences of four families: the Drinkers, the Fishers, the Pembertons, and the Gilpins. Identifying them as the new nation's first political prisoners, Norman E. Donoghue II relates how the Quakers, once the preeminent power in Pennsylvania and an integral constituency of the colonies and early republic, came to be reviled by patriots who saw refusal to fight the English as borderline sedition. Surprising, vital, and vividly told, this narrative of political and literal warfare waged by the United States against a pacifist religious group during the Revolutionary War era sheds new light on an essential aspect of American history. It will appeal to anyone interested in learning more about the nation's founding.
Author: Frank Wolf
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310328993
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Respected congressman and human and religious rights crusader Frank Wolf shows us what one person can do to fight injustice and relieve suffering. In Prisoner of Conscience, Wolf shares intimate stories of his adventures from the halls of political power to other dangerous places around the world, what he has learned along the way, and what you can do about it now.
Author: Brian Temple
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786494077
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
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The Quakers came to America in the 17th century to seek religious freedom. After years of struggle, they achieved success in various endeavors and, like many wealthy colonists of the time, bought and sold slaves. But a movement to remove slavery from their midst, sparked by their religious beliefs, grew until they renounced the slave trade and freed their slaves. Once they rejected slavery, the Quakers then began to petition the state and Federal governments to do the same. When those in power turned a blind eye to the suffering of those enslaved, the Quakers used both legal and, in the eyes of the government, illegal means to fight slavery. This determination to stand against slavery led some Quakers to join with others to be a part of the Underground Railroad. The transition from friend to foe of slavery was not a quick one but one that nevertheless was ahead of the rest of America.
Author: United States. Delegation to the International prison congress. 5th, Paris, 1895
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Author: American Prison Congress
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Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on National Security Policy and Scientific Developments
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Category : Prisoners of war
Languages : en
Pages : 978
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on National Security Policy and Scientific Developments
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Category : Prisoners of war
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Author: National Prison Association of the United States. Congress
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Author: National Prison Association of the United States
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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