{"product_id":"prisoners-of-congress-norman-e-donoghue-ii-9780271095073","title":"Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777-1778","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1777, Congress labeled Quakers who would not take up arms in support of the War of Independence as \"the most Dangerous Enemies America knows\" and ordered Pennsylvania and Delaware to apprehend them. In response, Keystone State officials sent twenty men--seventeen of whom were Quakers--into exile, banishing them to Virginia, where they were held for a year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003ePrisoners of Congress\u003c\/i\u003e reconstructs this moment in American history through the experiences of four families: the Drinkers, the Fishers, the Pembertons, and the Gilpins. Identifying them as the new nation's first political prisoners, Norman E. Donoghue II relates how the Quakers, once the preeminent power in Pennsylvania and an integral constituency of the colonies and early republic, came to be reviled by patriots who saw refusal to fight the English as borderline sedition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurprising, vital, and vividly told, this narrative of political and literal warfare waged by the United States against a pacifist religious group during the Revolutionary War era sheds new light on an essential aspect of American history. It will appeal to anyone interested in learning more about the nation's founding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Norman E. Donoghue II\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271095075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271095073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.39w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2024","brand":"Norman E. Donoghue II","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44077877002495,"sku":"9780271095073","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d1c3ae0-8abd-462b-9fb5-848df6c4c52a.jpg?v=1685472266","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/prisoners-of-congress-norman-e-donoghue-ii-9780271095073","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}