William Penn's 'Holy Experiment': Quaker Truth in Pennsyl...
Proud, James / Martin, Charles H. William Penn's life was, at its core, a search for peace. This study concentrates attention on his greatest effort to secure true peace for all-his undertaking to populate and cultivate the region of North America granted him by the English Crown in March 1681.Penn intended that Pennsylvania should be a haven for seekers of religious freedom and liberty of conscience, especially those who, for the sake of faith and principle, had suffered prop...