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... Quakers , religious radicals who were reviled by respectable society and subject to official persecution . Quaker leadership and political activism . Bent on con- verting a reluctant world to righteousness , the first Quak- ers would ...
... Quakers , religious radicals who were reviled by respectable society and subject to official persecution . Quaker leadership and political activism . Bent on con- verting a reluctant world to righteousness , the first Quak- ers would ...
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... Quakers ' quest for legislative power . The turbulence in Pennsylvania caught the attention of English officials , who were already suspicious of such Quaker peculiarities as pacifism and the refusal to take oaths . As proprietor , Penn ...
... Quakers ' quest for legislative power . The turbulence in Pennsylvania caught the attention of English officials , who were already suspicious of such Quaker peculiarities as pacifism and the refusal to take oaths . As proprietor , Penn ...
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... Quaker heritage bestowed on the city by its founder , William Penn . Nearly everywhere are dignified reminders of the ... Quakers could enjoy freedom of worship and a chance to govern themselves and develop their own way of life . The ...
... Quaker heritage bestowed on the city by its founder , William Penn . Nearly everywhere are dignified reminders of the ... Quakers could enjoy freedom of worship and a chance to govern themselves and develop their own way of life . The ...
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