Quaker history and readings
George Fox
Some Principles of the Quakers
(1661)
Mary Dyer
Martyr for religious freedom in Massachusetts
(1660)
The
Massachusetts law of 1658
that led to her hanging
William Penn
Jim Powell on
William Penn
, champion of liberty and peace
Transcript of
the trial of William Penn
(1670)
Relations with the native inhabitants
(Lenape) of what would become Pennsylvania
Charter for Pennsylvania
, establishing religious freedom (1701)
John Woolman
Journal (1774)
, from University of Virginia
A Plea for the Poor
(written ca. 1763-64, published posthumously, 1793)
Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry
The Quakers, in the words of the founding fathers
Lucretia Mott
In defense of John Brown
(1860)