{"product_id":"prisoners-of-congress-philadelphias-quakers-in-exile-1777-1778-9780271103303","title":"Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777-1778","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003ePrisoners of Congress\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers a forgotten Revolutionary War story with startling resonance today. In 1777, the Continental Congress condemned Quakers as an internal threat to the new republic and recommended the preventive detention of them, revealing how quickly fear and wartime urgency could turn neighbors into suspects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis compelling narrative follows four Philadelphia-area families as they are swept into political crisis. Drawing on letters, diaries, and official records, Norman E. Donoghue II tells the story of seventeen Quakers, who, based on suspicion alone, were forcibly removed from Pennsylvania and imprisoned in Virginia. Stripped of habeas corpus protections and denied the chance to defend themselves, the exiles became what Donoghue identifies as the nation's first political prisoners. Through personal stories of loyalty, conscience, and survival, the book brings readers inside a dramatic episode that is a cautionary tale for any democracy under pressure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVividly written and deeply researched, \u003ci\u003ePrisoners of Congress\u003c\/i\u003e speaks to readers interested in the American Revolution while offering fresh insight for scholars of individual liberties and US political and constitutional history. Revealing the nation's first political prisoners, it challenges founding myths and invites reconsideration of how liberty and intolerance exist side-by-side.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271103303\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d","brand":"Norman E. Donoghue II","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52750299594933,"sku":"9780271103303","price":19.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/prisoners-of-congress-philadelphias-quakers-in-exile-1777-1778-9780271103303","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}