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Liberty and conscience : a documentary history of the experiences of conscientious objectors in America through the Civil War
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Part I: Colonial America1. The First Quaker Conscientious Objectors in America, 16582. Rhode Island, 1673: None to be compelled to train or fight against their consciouses3. Witnessing to the Quake...
Part I: Colonial America1. The First Quaker Conscientious Objectors in America, 16582. Rhode Island, 1673: None to be compelled to train or fight against their consciouses3. Witnessing to the Quaker Peace Testmony4. Quakers and Naval Impressment5. Conscientious Objectors in the French and Indian WarPart II. English West Indies6. Militia Sufferings among Quakers7. Alternative Service and the Quakers of AntiguaPart III: Revolutionary America8. Quaker Militia Penalties9. Dilemmas of a Quaker Tax and Paper Currency Objector10. The German Peace Sects of Pennsylvania and the Draft11. A Peace Sect Wrestles with the Problem of Hiring a Substitute12. The Conscientious Objection of a Methodist Preacher13. The Moravian Brethren and WarPart IV: Upper Canada14. Legislative Exemption for Peace Sects15. Quakers and Military Requisitions, 1810-181716. A Quaker Family in the War of 181217. Quaker Conscientious Objectors in Rural Upper Canada, 1840Part V: The New Republic to Antebellum America18. Continuing Quaker Witness against War, 1801-182419. A Quaker Petition against Militia Conscription, 181020. A Small-Sect Militia Objector21. Pleas for Exemption of Nonsectarian Milita Objectors22. William Lloyd Garrison as a Militia Objector, 182923. Should Pacific Exempts Pay Militia Fines?24. Nonsectarian Militia Objectors in Jail25. Dilemmas of Quaker Conscientious Objectors in Antebellum AmericaPart VI: Civil War America26. A Garrisonian Mother and Her Draft-Age Sons27. William Lloyd Garrison and His Son's Exemption from Military Drill at School28. Conscript Dilemmas at the Hopedale Community29. Draft Experiences of a Conscripted Shaker30. The Civil War Diary of a Quaker Conscript31. Trials of a Quaker Conscientious Objector in the Confederate Army32. A Reluctant Conscientious Objector33. A Consistent War-Tax Objector34. A Mennonite Farmer Hires a Substitute35.
Brethren and Mennonites as Exiles from the Confederate Draft36. Adventists Confront the Draft37. A Disciple of Christ Goes the Second Mile38. Christadelphians and the Draft.
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- edited by Peter Brock
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- English
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- 1st ed
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2002
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- xi, 194 p
- ISBNs
- 9780198034476, 0198034474, 0195185250, 1280482281, 0195151216, 0198034474, 9786610482283, 019987042X, 9780195151220
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- ocm57506311
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Intro -- Contents -- PART I: COLONIAL AMERICA -- 1. The First Quaker Conscientious Objectors in America, 1658 -- 2. Rhode Island, 1673: "None to be compelled to train or fight against their consciences" -- 3. Witnessing to the Quaker Peace Testimony -- A. Letter to the Governor of New York, 1672 -- B. From the Minutes of New England Yearly Meeting, 1712 -- C. Hatsell Okelley, 1748 -- 4. Quakers and Naval Impressment, 1705 -- 5. Conscientious Objectors in the French and Indian War -- A. From Joshua Evans's Journal, 1756 -- B. From John Woolman's Journal, 1757 -- C. Colonel George Washington and the Quaker Conscientious Objectors, 1760 -- D. Virginia Mennonites and the Militia, 1755-1761 -- PART II: ENGLISH WEST INDIES -- 6. Militia "Sufferings" among Quakers -- A. Barbados, 1678-1686 -- B. Jamaica, 1683-1691 -- 7. Alternative Service and the Quakers of Antigua -- PART III: REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA -- 8. Quaker Militia Penalties -- 9. Dilemmas of a Quaker Tax and Paper Currency Objector -- 10. The German Peace Sects of Pennsylvania and the Draft -- 11. A Peace Sect Wrestles with the Problem of Hiring a Substitute -- 12. The Conscientious Objection of a Methodist Preacher -- 13. The Moravian Brethren and War -- A. The Pacifism of John Ettwein -- B. Moravians and the Draft: An Ambiguous Witness -- PART IV: UPPER CANADA -- 14. Legislative Exemption for Peace Sects -- 15. Quakers and Military Requisitions, 1810-1817 -- 16. A Quaker Family in the War of 1812 -- 17. Quaker Conscientious Objectors in Rural Upper Canada, 1840 -- PART V: THE NEW REPUBLIC TO ANTEBELLUM AMERICA -- 18. Continuing Quaker Witness against War, 1801-1824 -- 19. A Quaker Petition against Militia Conscription, 1810 -- 20. A Small-Sect Militia Objector -- 21. Pleas for Exemption of Nonsectarian Militia Objectors -- A. From the Massachusetts Peace Society, 1818
- B. From the New England Nonresistance Society, 1838 -- 22. William Lloyd Garrison as a Militia Objector, 1829 -- 23. Should "Pacific Exempts" Pay Militia Fines? -- 24. Nonsectarian Militia Objectors in Jail -- A. "But do men ever go to prison rather than train?" -- B. From Boston's Leverett Street Jail, 1839 and 1840 -- 25. Dilemmas of Quaker Conscientious Objectors in Antebellum America -- A. Militia Fines -- B. Imprisonment of Four New York Quakers, Spring 1839 -- PART VI: CIVIL WAR AMERICA -- 26. A Garrisonian Mother and Her Draft-Age Sons -- 27. William Lloyd Garrison and His Son's Exemption from Military Drill at School -- 28. Conscript Dilemmas at the Hopedale Community -- 29. Draft Experiences of a Conscripted Shaker -- 30. The Civil War Diary of a Quaker Conscript -- 31. Trials of a Quaker Conscientious Objector in the Confederate Army -- 32. A Reluctant Conscientious Objector -- 33. A Consistent War-Tax Objector -- 34. A Mennonite Farmer Hires a Substitute -- 35. Brethren and Mennonites as Exiles from the Confederate Draft -- 36. Adventists Confront the Draft -- 37. A Disciple of Christ Goes the Second Mile -- 38. Christadelphians and the Draft