05329nam 2200697 a 450 991046517290332120200520144314.00-19-518525-01-280-48228-10-19-515121-697866104822830-19-803447-4(CKB)2560000000300031(EBL)3051856(OCoLC)57506311(SSID)ssj0000088005(PQKBManifestationID)11130614(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088005(PQKBWorkID)10070140(PQKB)10042082(StDuBDS)EDZ0000074813(MiAaPQ)EBC3051856(Au-PeEL)EBL3051856(CaPaEBR)ebr10085232(CaONFJC)MIL48228(EXLCZ)99256000000030003120010712d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLiberty and conscience[electronic resource] a documentary history of the experiences of conscientious objectors in America through the Civil War /edited by Peter BrockNew York, NY Oxford University Press20021 online resource (207 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-515122-4 0-19-987042-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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, 1757C. Colonel George Washington and the Quaker Conscientious Objectors, 1760D. 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 Preacher13. The Moravian Brethren and WarA. 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 ObjectorsA. From the Massachusetts Peace Society, 1818B. 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 Sons27. William Lloyd Garrison and His Son's Exemption from Military Drill at School28. 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 DraftWhile objections in the 20th century have been well documented there has been little study of pacifist beliefs in America's early conflicts. This work seeks to remedy this by shedding new light on early US religious and military history.Conscientious objectionUnited StatesHistory17th centurySourcesConscientious objectionUnited StatesHistory18th centurySourcesConscientious objectionUnited StatesHistory19th centurySourcesElectronic books.Conscientious objectionHistoryConscientious objectionHistoryConscientious objectionHistory355.2/24/09730903Brock Peter1920-2006.485308MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465172903321Liberty and conscience2284913UNINA