Quaker Roots
This man was walking on Pendle Hill and had a vision, leading him to found the Religious Society of Friends.
Who is George Fox?
This testimony is why Quakers do not swear oaths.
What is Integrity?
This Quaker founded the city of Philadelphia and the colony it could be found in.
Who is William Penn?
This Quaker organization was founded in 1917 to put "love in action" through non-violent service.
What is the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)?
This is the job of the famous Quaker, Benjamin West, who worked for King George III.
What is an artist? (Painter works too!)
This core Quaker belief is the source of all the Testimonies.
What is the inner light or the idea that there is "that of God" in everyone?
This testimony is why Quakers used "plain speech," avoiding the fancy new formal word "you".
What is Equality?
This is the meaning of "Philadelphia," as translated from Greek.
What is "The City of Brotherly Love"?
This radical early Quaker was one of America's first abolitionists.
Who is Benjamin Lay?
This is the name of Benjamin West's famous painting that shows William Penn's peaceful treaty with Native Americans.
What is "Penn's Treaty with the Indians"?
This is how the Quakers got that name.
What is a judge trying to ridicule the Society of Friends by saying they "quake" before God?
This testimony is why members of the American Friends Service Committee drove ambulances and rebuilt roads and communities in the 1940s.
What is Peace?
This 1701 document, signed by William Penn, guaranteed the people of Pennsylvania the important right of Freedom of Religion.
What is the Charter of Privileges?
The AFSC was awarded this prestigious honor in 1947 for their work helping refugees and promoting peace after World War II.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
A document or object created by someone who witnessed the event, such as the Charter of Privileges of 1701, is this type of historical source.
What is a primary source?
These are three ways in which early Quakers were persecuted for their beliefs.
What is imprisonment, fines, or even death?
This testimony explains why early Quakers wore plain clothing in somber colors and little if any jewelry.
What is Simplicity?
This Native American tribe maintained decades of peace with the Quakers in Pennsylvania.
Who are the Lenape?
The AFSC was first formed during this global conflict to allow young Quakers who were pacifists to provide service instead of fighting.
What is World War I?
A painting created almost 100 years after the event is considered this type of historical source, like a history textbook.
What is a secondary source?
These are two ways in which Quakers were said to be "heretics".
What is saying you don't need a priest or minister to communicate with God, and saying all are equal so that you don't need to remove your hat or use formal language with people who have more social power.
This testimony charges Quakers with taking care of the earth and its resources, including people.
What is Stewardship?
This is a reason relations between Pennsylvania settlers and the indigenous population broke down.
What is settlers pushing beyond boundaries onto their land while Penn was away in England.
The AFSC worked hard to end this system of racial segregation in South Africa in the late 20th century.
What is Apartheid?
The portrait of Benjamin Lay was painted by William Williams in the 1750s. Benjamin Lay is listed in historical documents for the painting as the "sitter", making the painting this type of source.
What is a primary source?