This essay discusses how religion influenced people in regards to fighting the British during the American Revolution. There are several primary sources to examine in this site.

Read the full text of the short story "The Gentle Boy" by Nathaniel Hawthorne about a young Quaker boy who is left orphaned after his father is killed and his mother is banished.

The National Women's Hall of Fame offers a brief biography on the life of Quaker abolitionist and women's rights advocate, Lucretia Mott.

Essay looks at the phenomenon of religious pluralism in the middle colonies. Author discusses religious sects in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, as well as African Americans and Native Americans.

Society in the middle colonies was far more varied, cosmopolitan and tolerant than in New England. In many ways, Pennsylvania and Delaware owed their initial success to William Penn.

From the 1740s until 1860 there were great changes in the slavery system, slave culture, and where slaves lived. Read about these changes and the beginnings of anti-slavery ideas.

See how the increase of slavery stimulated the economy on three continents through the transatlantic triangular trade.

A great map showing the pathways of escape on the Underground Railroad throughout the United States. From the Schomburg Center for Research. You can also find a map of routes in the 18th century. Students can see the progression of...

Discover the richness of Pennsylvania's agricultural and rural life in this detailed account. Contained within this site are links to video and pictorial images of the era.

Discover the richness of Pennsylvania's agricultural and rural life in this detailed account. Contained within this site are links to video and pictorial images of the era.

Explore the history of Pennsylvania's religious communities in this detailed, historical account. Contained within this site are links to audio, video, and pictorial images of events and people during this era.

This site gives a brief biography of Julian of Norwich, which is then followed by almost 70 links to sources about her life and works. Click on "Showing of Love" in the third line for both text and analysis. An amazing number of resources.

An online exhibit featuring a collection of historical articles and pictorial images from the founding of Pennsylvania.

Learn how the anti-slavery movement mobilized the British population to stage the campaign for the abolition of slave trade.

Perhaps the Loyalists had some concrete reasons to support staying part of the British Empire. Read about who was a Loyalist and why. Particularly interesting is the reason behind so many slaves supporting Britain and what happened to...

An academic essay describing the ways in which "religion is an active if not a determinative" cause for the American Revolution. The essay describes three influential areas: (1) religion and liberty, (2) religion and community, and (3)...

A companion website to the documentary on those pacifists during WW II who refused to fight in the war and the movements that supported them.

Paul Robeson, an actor and activist, fought for workers' rights and the communist cause. Use this site to learn about Robeson's controversial views, which painted him as strong, courageous, and heroic.

Describes the abolitionist movement and the people who pushed for the abolition of slavery, especially William Lloyd Garrison who founded the Liberator newspaper and the New England Anti-Slavery Society. Arguments for slavery were put...

Biographical account covers the life and career of Edward Hicks, an American folk painter.

Associated with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

A short but good biography of the famous Quaker abolitionist who established a school for slaves in Philadelphia in 1770. He wrote a pamphlet in 1772 which led to the establishment of the anti-slave trade movement in England.

Senator Edmunds is descended from Quaker and Puritanic parentage. He is a Vermonter by birth, having been born at Richmond, Febuary 1, 1828. -The Popular Cyclopedia, 1888 US Senator from Vermont 1866-1891.

George Fox (July 1624 - 13 January 1691) was an English Dissenter and a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers.