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For nearly 75 years, the colony of Pennsylvania had sustained a relatively peaceful era thanks to its Quaker principles of pacifism. However, the French and Indian War—an international contest for ...

THAT Pennsylvania was settled by Quakers, and that her present political condition is a subject of grave solicitude to her best friends within and without the state, are statements which cannot be ...

From the Quaker principles of its early settlers to the Free African Society and the fiery activism of John Brown, the movement to abolish slavery took root in Pennsylvania. Amidst heated debates and ...

William Penn, English religious and social reformer and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, was born Oct. 14, 1644, in London. After facing persecution in England for his adopted Quaker faith, ...

Describes the Quakers' struggle for religious freedom and the founding of the Pennsylvania colony, under the leadership of William Penn. Describes the colony's belief in freedom of speech and religion ...