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Prisoners of Congress

- Philadelphia’s Quakers in Exile, 1777–1778
Af: Norman E. Donoghue II Engelsk Hardback

Prisoners of Congress

- Philadelphia’s Quakers in Exile, 1777–1778
Af: Norman E. Donoghue II Engelsk Hardback
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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.
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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.
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 288
ISBN-13: 9780271095073
Indbinding: Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0271095075
Udg. Dato: 13 jun 2023
Længde: 62mm
Bredde: 238mm
Højde: 162mm
Forlag: Pennsylvania State University Press
Oplagsdato: 13 jun 2023
Forfatter(e): Norman E. Donoghue II
Forfatter(e) Norman E. Donoghue II


Kategori Protestantisme og protestantiske kirker


ISBN-13 9780271095073


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 288


Udgave


Længde 62mm


Bredde 238mm


Højde 162mm


Udg. Dato 13 jun 2023


Oplagsdato 13 jun 2023


Forlag Pennsylvania State University Press