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Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile


Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777–1778 ...

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 ...

Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777–1778

Keystone State officials sent twenty men – seventeen of whom were Quakers – into exile, banishing them to Virginia, where they were held for a year.

The Quaker Exile: A Hidden History Comes to Light

Thus, on September 11, 1777, 20 men, all but one Quaker or formerly Quaker, were escorted out of Philadelphia, bound for the frontier town of ...

Prisoners of Congress by Norman E. Donoghue II

“Ned” Donoghue's new book, Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777-1778, the untold story of the men who became among ...

Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777-1778

Keystone State officials sent 20 men―17 of whom were Quakers―into exile, banishing them to Virginia, where they were held for a year.

Prisoners of Congress : Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777–1778 ...

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Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777-1778

More videos on YouTube ... In 1777, Congress labeled a group of Philadelphia Quakers who refused to help defend the city against the imminent ...

Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777–1778

A group of Quaker men had been held since their banishment from Philadelphia six months earlier. Forcibly torn from their families, friends, and useful lives.

Revolutionary PHL: Exiled from Philadelphia: Quakers during the ...

20 Quaker men were imprisoned for refusing to sign oaths of loyalty to the revolutionary government. They were transported from Philadelphia to Virginia to be ...

Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777–1778 ...

Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777–1778. By Norman E. Donoghue II. (University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State ...

Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777–1778

20 Philadelphia men—17 of them Quakers in good standing—based on groundless suspicions and a disregarding of the men's basic legal rights. In ...

Prisoners Of Congress: Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777-1778

In response, Keystone State officials sent twenty men—seventeen of whom were Quakers—into exile, banishing them to Virginia, where they were ...

Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile 1777-1778

University Park, PA: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2023. First edition. hardcover, 8vo. New / new. Item #021688 ISBN: 9780271095073 Always ...

Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777–1778

Author Norman Donohue is a fine historian who brings life to this little-known story. The chapters focused on the bravery and daring of ...

Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777-1778

ISBN: 9780271095073 - Signed by Author(s) - 1st Edition - Hardcover - Penn State University Press, Univerity Park - 2023 - Condition: As New - As New ...

Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777-1778

Author Talk: Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777-1778 ... This event will be held in hybrid format; please choose at checkout whether you ...

View of The Quaker Exiles - Journals

pennsylvania history: a journal of mid-atlantic studies, vol. 83, no. 1, 2016.Copyright © 2016 The Pennsylvania Historical Association ; the quaker exiles29dying ...

Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia?s Quakers in Exile, 1777?1778

Quantity: 1 ; Prisoners of Congress · Philadelphia?s Quakers in Exile, 1777?1778 ; Published by Penn State University Press, 2023 ; Condition · Good ; Prisoners of ...

Norman E. Donaghue II: Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia's ...

This week our guest is author Norman E. Donaghue II. In 1777 unrest in the state of Pennsylvania caused Congress to take the controversial ...

Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777–1778 ...

Sullivan's message arrived in Congress just days after the British landing, when an invasion seemed imminent and the survival of the new nation threatened. The ...