William Penn and the Quaker Legacy

Name: William Penn and the Quaker Legacy
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ISBN: 9780321163929

ISBN-10: 0321163923

ISBN-13: 9780321163929

Edition: 2007

Authors: John Moretta, Mark C. Carnes

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"As the leader of one of the most progressive religious sects to emerge from England, William Penn envisioned Pennsylvania as an example of how a God-inspired society could succeed in the wilderness of North America. " However, once in the New World, Quakers pursued both wealth and power, proving that even the most devout could not resist the temptations of the New World. Despite this moral struggle, Pennsylvania, succeeded beyond anyone's imagination. By Penn's death in 1718, Pennsylvania was well on its way to becoming the most commercially successful colonial enterprise in English history. "This new addition to the Library of American Biography Series vividly follows Penn from his time…

Book details

List price: $27.60
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/21/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.25" wide x 7.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English

Mark C. Carnes is Professor of History at Barnard College, Columbia University.



Editor's Preface


Author's Preface


Acknowledgments



"Gold to Me Is Dirt"



"Hellish Darkness and Debauchery"



"I Owe My Conscience to No Mortal Man"



"I Matter Not Your Fetters"



"A Larger Imprisonment Has Not Daunted Me"



"Bless and Make It the Seed of a Nation"



"As Fit a Man as Any in Europe to Plant a Country"



"Not to Devour and Destroy One Another"



"Another Face than I Left Them"



"I Am a Man of Sorrows"



"God Is God, and Good"



"This Licentious Wilderness"



"A Soure Temper'd People"


Epilogue and Legacy


Study and Discussion Questions


Notes on the Sources


Index