The Quakers in the Revolution

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Author(s): Isaac Sharpless
Series: A History of Quaker Government in Pennsylvania; 2
Publisher: Leach & Company
Year: 1900

Language: English
Pages: 345
City: Philadelphia

Preface to the Second Volume, .... v
List of Illustrations, viii
CHAPTER
I.—Introductory, . 1
II.—The Friendly Association, ... 21
III.—The Paxton Riot, 42
IV.—The Contest with the Proprietors, . 64
v.—Preparing for the Revolution, ... 75
VI.—The Early Years of the Revolution, . 120
VII.—The Virginia Exiles, 145
VIII.—Quaker Suffering 172
IX.—The Free Quakers, 207
X.—Friends and Slavery, .... 224
XI.—Friends who have been Prominent in
Public Life since the Revolution, . 252
Index, 294