Quakerism in Pennsylvania

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Quakerism in Pennsylvania refers to the historical and religious presence, communities, and influence of the Religious Society of Friends in the Pennsylvania region, including their role in shaping its social, political, and cultural life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Quaker history ⓘ
aspect of Pennsylvania history ⓘ
religious movement history ⓘ
coreBelief community ⓘ
equality ⓘ
inner light ⓘ
integrity ⓘ
pacifism ⓘ
religious toleration ⓘ
simplicity ⓘ
stewardship ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalImpact Quaker-influenced business ethics ⓘ
development of quiet worship practices in the region ⓘ
place names reflecting Quaker heritage ⓘ
plain style of architecture ⓘ
demographicTrend continued concentration in Philadelphia region ⓘ
decline in proportion of state population over time ⓘ
foundedBy William Penn ⓘ
hasDocument Frame of Government of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery ⓘ
hasKeyFigure Anthony Benezet ⓘ
George Fox ⓘ
Hannah Penn ⓘ
John Woolman ⓘ
Lucretia Mott ⓘ
Margaret Fell ⓘ
William Penn ⓘ
hasMajorCenter Bucks County ⓘ
Chester ⓘ
Delaware County ⓘ
Germantown ⓘ
Lancaster County ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
hasMeetingHouse Arch Street Friends Meeting House ⓘ
Birmingham Friends Meeting House ⓘ
Chichester Friends Meeting House ⓘ
Germantown Friends Meeting House ⓘ
Merion Friends Meeting House ⓘ
Old Haverford Friends Meeting House ⓘ
Providence Friends Meeting House ⓘ
Radnor Friends Meeting House ⓘ
Sadsbury Friends Meeting House ⓘ
hasOrganization American Friends Service Committee ⓘ
Baltimore Yearly Meeting (overlapping Pennsylvania) ⓘ
Friends Central School ⓘ
Friends Committee on National Legislation (offices and roots in Pennsylvania) ⓘ
Friends Fiduciary Corporation ⓘ
Friends General Conference ⓘ
Friends Journal ⓘ
Friends Select School ⓘ
Germantown Friends School ⓘ
Haverford College ⓘ
Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
Swarthmore College ⓘ
Westtown School ⓘ
influenced Native American relations policy in Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pennsylvania abolitionist movement ⓘ
Pennsylvania colonial government ⓘ
Pennsylvania education system ⓘ
Pennsylvania legal system ⓘ
Pennsylvania women’s rights movement ⓘ
peace activism in Pennsylvania ⓘ
prison reform in Pennsylvania ⓘ
locatedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
politicalRole advocacy of religious liberty in Pennsylvania ⓘ
dominant influence in early Pennsylvania Assembly ⓘ
opposition to military conscription in Pennsylvania ⓘ
religion Quakerism ⓘ
religiousTradition Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
significantDate 1681 ⓘ
significantEvent Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery ⓘ
Quaker abolitionist movement in Philadelphia ⓘ
Quaker involvement in Underground Railroad ⓘ
Quaker participation in women’s rights movement ⓘ
establishment of Pennsylvania as a Quaker colony ⓘ
founding of Philadelphia as a Quaker city ⓘ
granting of Pennsylvania charter to William Penn in 1681 ⓘ
startTime late 17th century ⓘ

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Swarthmore Friends Meeting → hasCategory → Quakerism in Pennsylvania ⓘ
John Payne → associatedWith → Quaker community in Philadelphia ⓘ
linked to: Quakerism in Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Shewell → memberOf → Philadelphia Quaker community ⓘ
linked to: Quakerism in Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Shewell → associatedWith → Quakers in Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Quakerism in Pennsylvania
Wyck House → associatedWith → Quaker community in Germantown ⓘ
linked to: Quakerism in Pennsylvania
Francis A. Nixon → ethnicGroup → American Quakers ⓘ
linked to: Quakerism in Pennsylvania