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- Title
The Founding of Pennsylvania.
- Authors
Cadbury, Henry J.
- Abstract
The article discusses the founding of the Colony of Pennsylvania, later named the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in 1681. It examines the role of the colony's founder, William Penn, who received a royal grant from British King Charles I, and examines the colony as a refuge for members of the Society of Friends, or Quakers. The author comments on arrangements for governing the colony, the colony's penal code, and relations between settlers and American Indians. Quaker views on slavery and abolitionism are also considered.
- Subjects
PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED States; UNITED Kingdom; AMERICA; COLONIAL Pennsylvania, ca. 1600-1775; PENN, William, 1644-1718; BRITISH colonies; QUAKERS; SOCIETY of Friends -- History; NATIVE Americans; ANTISLAVERY movements; HISTORY; SEVENTEENTH century
- Publication
History Today, 1952, Vol 2, Issue 10, p676
- ISSN
0018-2753
- Publication type
Article