Philadelphia celebrates its founder more than any other American city, but who exactly is William Penn? For many, he is a statue atop City Hall, but Penn’s busy life reflected an era of chaotic upheaval and conflict. He is at once a radical Quaker, political prisoner, visionary city planner, absent landlord, and a slaveholder. His ideals, contradictions, and ambitions cast a long shadow across American history. This installment of Philadelphia: The Great Experiment explores what it means to live In Penn’s Shadow.
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More articles in this month’s newsletter:
- May 2022
- Reflections during a zoom meeting 3 April
- Meeting for Worship 24 April
- The politics of place – and some local witnessing
- Monthly Appeal May 2022
- ‘Friendly Persuasion’
- Mutual Support Group – ‘Getting Older’
- Four Delusions and a Plea
- Note From the Gardening Team
- Britain Yearly Meeting is Seeking a Youth, Children, and Families Development Worker
- Waiting
- Living in the Spirit
- In Penn’s Shadow (1680-1720) – Philadelphia: The Great Experiment
- Addressing Environmental Issues as a Spiritual Community
- The Quakers: The Whites that helped the slavery abolishment
- Community Noticeboard Online, May 2022
- From Quaker Faith and Practice 24.21
- Meetings for Worship May 2022
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Forty-Three Newsletter • Number 517 • May 2022
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