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Photo: traveling exhibition for Harriet Tubman, “The Journey to Freedom,” on exhibit at Philadelphia City Hall, Pennsylvania. Credit: Wofford Sculpture Studio, LLC.

Lancaster County Quaker Abolitionists & the Underground Railroad (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on August 23, 2024

Melissa Berry writes more about abolitionist families who acted as “conductors” on the Underground Railroad in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania... (Read More)

Photo: traveling exhibition for Harriet Tubman, “The Journey to Freedom,” on exhibit at Philadelphia City Hall, Pennsylvania. Credit: Wofford Sculpture Studio, LLC.

Lancaster County Quaker Abolitionists & the Underground Railroad (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on August 20, 2024

Melissa Berry writes about abolitionist families who for many years acted as “conductors” on the Underground Railroad in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania... (Read More)

Illustration: "Cassandra Southwick in court before the magistrates," from the Boston Globe, 23 October 1923.

17th Century Quaker Women Gone Wild (part 5)

By Melissa Berry on June 14, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about another Quaker woman who defied Puritan officials in Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1600s: Margaret Brewster... (Read More)

Illustration: "Cassandra Southwick in court before the magistrates," from the Boston Globe, 23 October 1923.

17th Century Quaker Women Gone Wild (part 4)

By Melissa Berry on May 29, 2024

Melissa Berry writes more about a brave Quaker woman who defied Puritan officials in Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1600s: Deborah (nee Buffum) Wilson... (Read More)

Illustration: "Cassandra Southwick in court before the magistrates," from the Boston Globe, 23 October 1923.

17th Century Quaker Women Gone Wild (part 3)

By Melissa Berry on May 7, 2024

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes more about three brave Quaker women who defied Puritan officials in Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1600s... (Read More)

Illustration: "Cassandra Southwick in court before the magistrates," from the Boston Globe, 23 October 1923.

17th Century Quaker Women Gone Wild (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on April 25, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry continues her series describing three brave Quaker women who defied Puritan officials in Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1600s... (Read More)

Illustration: "Cassandra Southwick in court before the magistrates," from the Boston Globe, 23 October 1923.

17th Century Quaker Women Gone Wild (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on April 23, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry begins a series describing three brave Quaker women who defied Puritan officials in Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1600s... (Read More)

close-up of a portrait of Edward Rawson, by the Freake Painter, c. 1670. Credit: New England Historic Genealogical Society; Wikimedia Commons.

Puritan Edward Rawson’s Family Line: Strong Quaker Ties

By Melissa Berry on March 8, 2024

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about Edward Joy Rawson and Eliza Fitch Coffin Janney, and their connections to the Edward Rawson family line & Quakers... (Read More)

Illustration: Quaker prisoners released from the Boston jail due to the orders of King Charles II. Credit: from an illustrated version of John Greenleaf Whittier's poem "The King's Missive" published in "The Memorial History of Boston, including Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1630-1880," 1880.

Colonial America: King Stops Quaker Persecution

By Melissa Berry on April 28, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry describes how the Puritans’ persecution of Quakers in Colonial America was stopped by King Charles II... (Read More)

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