William Penn founder of Pennsylvania

A biography of the English gentleman and founder of the Pennsylvania Colony, whose Quaker beliefs helped him form peaceful relationships with the American Indians and lay the foundation of religious freedom in America.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Somervill, Barbara A.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, Minn. : Compass Point Books, c2006.
Series:Signature lives
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Table of Contents:
  • Planting the seeds of a nation
  • A comfortable childhood
  • Penn, the Quaker
  • Standing up for justice
  • A charter from the king
  • For sale: Pennsylvania
  • Philadelphia, the Lenni Lenape, and Lord Baltimore
  • Returning to England
  • A legacy of liberty
  • Life and times
  • Life-at-a-glance.