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The son of a wealthy, respected admiral, William Penn did what was forbidden in seventeenth-century England--he openly practiced the Quaker religion. Penn dreamed of a place with freedom of religion. He asked for land in the New World and was given a colony called Pennsylvania. His success in establishing a new and just government there later became the blueprint for thirteen newly independent colonies.Swain, Gwenyth is the author of 'Freedom Seeker A Story About William Penn' with ISBN 9780876149317 and ISBN 087614931X.
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