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John Dickinson, one of the architects of the Constitution--and the main author of its predecessor, the Articles of Confederation--refused to sign the Declaration of Independence. His notion of rebellion was of civil disobedience rather than violent overthrow. Dickinson has been portrayed as a cooler head in a moment of hotheads, a Quaker in all but name. During his lifetime, Dickinson freed his slaves, even paid reparations, and advocated exte...

From 1764 through 1766, John Dickinson’s writings reveal how he became a leading figure in the Pennsylvania Assembly and in the growing American resistance to unjust British taxation. Seeking protection of fundamental rights, he opposed Benjamin Franklin’s plan to abolish liberty of conscience in Pennsylvania, served as the lead draftsman in the Stamp Act Congress, and offered the American public the first practical advice on resisting British...

The Complete Writings and Selected Correspondence of John Dickinson, vol. 1 inaugurates a multivolume documentary edition that will, for the first time ever, provide the complete collection of everything Dickinson published on public affairs over the course of his life. The documents include essays, articles, broadsides, resolutions, petitions, declarations, constitutions, regulations, legislation, proclamations, songs and odes. Among them are...

This book traces the theory of Quaker constitutionalism from the early Quakers through Founding Father John Dickinson to Martin Luther King, Jr.

This book traces the theory of Quaker constitutionalism from the early Quakers through Founding Father John Dickinson to Martin Luther King, Jr.