BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.5//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1-266@250.mercercountynj.gov DTSTART:20260622T183000Z DTEND:20260622T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260611T191508Z URL:https://250.mercercountynj.gov/events/author-jeffrey-a-denman-philadel phia-quakers-and-the-american-revolution/ SUMMARY:Author : Jeffrey A. Denman "Philadelphia Quakers and the American R evolution DESCRIPTION:\n\n\nHistorian and author Jeffrey A. Denman presents his new b ook\, "Philadelphia Quakers and the American Revolution." Registration req uested\, but not required.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\nAbout the book (fro m the publisher):\n\nDiscover the history of Philadelphia's Quakers as th ey rose to power and prosperity and fell into peril.\n\nFleeing political upheavals in England for settlement in the New World\, Quakers rose to unp recedented economic and political power in the Pennsylvania colony. Howeve r\, the failure of the Quaker-dominated government to provide for defense in the wars from the 1730s into the 1760s was the beginning of their downf all. By the Revolution\, their fortunes had waned\, and they were brutally suppressed by their political foes. Seventeen influential Friends and thr ee others were exiled to Virginia without so much as a hearing\, and Quake r farms and businesses were subject to depredations. Labeled dissenters by Loyalist and Patriot alike\, they stood their ground\, alone and isolated .\n\nThrough the words of those who were there\, author and historian Jeff Denman vividly describes the precipitous rise of the Philadelphia Quakers and their fall during the American Revolution.\n\nAbout the author:\n\nJe ff Denman is a graduate of the University of Maine (BS) and the University of Connecticut (MA) and was a U.S. history and world geography teacher in Brookline\, Massachusetts. He is the author of several articles on U.S. h istory and coauthor of "Greene and Cornwallis in the Carolinas: The Pivota l Struggle of the American Revolution\, 1780–1781" and "John Quincy Adam s\, Reluctant Abolitionist."\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\nPrese nted with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Any view s\, findings\, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this programmin g do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Hum anities.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n\n\nCommunity Room Accessibility\n\n Wh eelchair accessible\n Assistive listening system compatible with personal T-coil-enabled devices (compatible headphones also available for use duri ng programs)\n English-language subtitles for films (when available)\n I f there is an accommodation that you need or would like so that you can fu lly enjoy library programs\, please visit our Accommodations Request Form .\n\n\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://250.mercercountynj.gov/wp-content/upload s/2026/06/2026_America250.png CATEGORIES:Historical LOCATION:Princeton Public Library\, 65 Witherspoon Street\, Princeton\, NJ\ , 08542\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=65 Witherspoon Street\, Pri nceton\, NJ\, 08542\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Princeton P ublic Library:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR