“Land of the free. Home of the brave.” At least, that is what we would like to think America is like. In the 17th century, America was new territory and numerous people fled their homeland in order to feel liberation in America. The earliest Quakers originated in England. Persecution was running rampant throughout the Quaker community. The Society of Friends, later known as Quakers, formed at the end of Europe’s Protestant Reformation during the 17th century. Early Quakers settled in Pennsylvania and they were involved with politics before changing their opinions on the participation within the government during the mid 18th century. The Quakers became a revolutionary organization by banning slaveholding, having women ministers, and populating
