American Quaker War Tax Resistance: from the 17th through the 19th centuries
Synopsis:
“What difference is there, in principle, between killing a fellow man in war and paying another man to kill him?”
This book illuminates the evolution of Quaker war tax resistance in America, as told by those who resisted and those who debated the limits of the Quaker peace testimony where it applied to taxpaying.
Among the writers featured in this documentary history are Isaac Sharpless, Thomas Story, William Penn, James Logan, Benjamin Franklin, John Woolman, John Churchman, James Pemberton, Joshua Evans, Anthony Benezet, Job Scott, Warner Mifflin, Timothy Davis, James Mott, Isaac Grey, Samuel Allinson, Moses Brown, Stephen B. Weeks, Rufus Hall, Gouverneur Morris, Elias Hicks, Joshua Maule, and Cyrus G. Pringle.
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Topics/Categories:
civil disobedience, conscientious objection, Quakers, society of friends, Taxes
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Activism, Christianity, General Nonfiction, History, Nonfiction, Political History, Politics, Religion - Spirituality
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Original Publish Date:
2008-03-08
ISBNs:
1438260156 9781438260150
Formats:
Paperback
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