{"product_id":"philadelphia-quakers-and-the-american-revolution","title":"Philadelphia Quakers and the American Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhiladelphia Quakers and the American Revolution\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFleeing political upheavals in England for settlement in the New World, Quakers rose to unprecedented economic and political power in the Pennsylvania colony. However, the failure of the Quaker-dominated government to provide for defense in the wars from the 1730s into the 1760s was the beginning of their downfall. By the Revolution, their fortunes had waned, and they were brutally suppressed by their political foes. Seventeen influential Friends and three others were exiled to Virginia without so much as a hearing, and Quaker farms and businesses were subject to depredations. Labeled dissenters by Loyalist and Patriot alike, they stood their ground, alone and isolated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough the words of those who were there, author and historian Jeff Denman vividly describes the precipitous rise of the Philadelphia Quakers and their fall during the American Revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Jeffrey Denman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: History Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e9781467159906\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 160 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"QuakerBooks of FGC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56448207847590,"sku":"9781467159906","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/4175\/files\/philaquakersandtheAmerrevcover.jpg?v=1778162847","url":"https:\/\/quakerbooks.org\/products\/philadelphia-quakers-and-the-american-revolution","provider":"QuakerBooks of FGC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}