The Quakers and the American Revolution

An Introduction to the Quaker Influence During America's Founding

In the years leading up to the American Revolution, the American colonies had coexisted under the umbrella rule of the British government. Among the...

Quakers Battle of Guilford Courthouse (U.S. National Park Service)

Quakers represent a key third group in the American Revolution that chose political neutrality, and were affected by the war nevertheless.

Quakers in the American Revolution - Wikipedia

Quakers participated in the revolutionary movement through nonviolent actions such as embargoes and other economic protests.

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

In September 1777, 20 Quaker men were imprisoned for refusing to sign oaths of loyalty to the revolutionary government. They were transported ...

The Complexity of Patriotism and Quaker Loyalism in One ...

Wulf, American University. Like other civil wars, the American Revolution asked ordinary people to chose between two extraordinary positions. The Revolution ...

Philadelphia's Free Quakers and the Culture of Revolution

Despite their history of pacifism, Philadelphia Quakers were deeply entangled in the American Revolution. When a small number of disowned Friends came ...

Quakers during the Revolution: the Quiet in the Land

North Carolina Yearly Meeting, along with every other yearly meeting in the American colonies, strongly warned ALL the local monthly meetings ...

The Quakers and the American Revolution (review)

The Quakers and the American Revolution (review). William C. Kashatus. Quaker History, Volume 86, Number 2, Fall 1997, pp. 58-59 (Review). Published by Friends ...

The Relation of the Quakers to the American Revolution

John Fothergill to James Pemberton, March 17, 1775, Pemberton. Papers (Historical Society of Pennsylvania), XXXIV, 173. Page 4. QUAKERS AND THE AMERICAN ...

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

... (Quakers) and the American Revolution.”—M. R. Pukkila, Choice. “Donoghue has made a welcome contribution to Quaker history and broader studies of American ...

New Jersey's Quakers and the American Revolution - NJ.gov

How did this religious conviction shape the. Quakers' understanding of revolutionary principles? Significance: This lesson examines the beliefs and experiences ...

A Look at the Treatment of Philadelphia Quakers during the ...

The traditional history lesson regarding the American Revolution recounts the stories of daring Patriots, men like Paul Revere who risked.

Quakers' painful choice during the American Revolution

Paine, a fallen Quaker himself, was incensed by the Friends' refusal to fight in the War for American Independence because of a religious ...

L'Amérique et le France - Quaker Women in the American Revolution

A true narrative being a Quaker Maiden's account of her experiences with officers of the Continetal Army, 1777-1778.

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

Religion and the American Revolution - Library of Congress

The Revolution strengthened millennialist strains in American theology. At the beginning of the war some ministers were persuaded that, with God's help, America ...

North Carolina Quakers in the Era of the American Revolution

To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a thesis written by Steven Jay White entitled "North Carolina Quakers in the Era of the American Revolution." ...

The Quakers and the American Revolution

"The Quakers and the American Revolution" (HC.MC.975.07.112), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA. Date: Undated. Creator: Mekeel ...

The relation of the Quakers to the American Revolution

The relation of the Quakers to the American Revolution. vii, 368 pages ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Relation of the Quakers to the American Revolution. By Arthur J ...

John F. Berens; The Relation of the Quakers to the American Revolution. By Arthur J. Mekeel. (Washington: University Press of America, 1979. vii + 368 pp.