A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers - William Penn

A Brief Account of the Rise and Progress of the People Called Quakers

Par William Penn

  • Date de sortie: 2016-05-12
  • Genre: Christianisme

Description

William Penn (24October 1644  (O.S. 14 October 1644) –30 July 1718) was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, earlyQuaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English NorthAmerican colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was an earlyadvocate of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relationsand successful treaties with the Lenape Native Americans. Under hisdirection, the city of Philadelphia was planned and developed.

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