Prisoners of Congress Andrew McStay both in terms of each

both in terms of each nation's internal political and economic development and in the interactions between the small Caribbean island and the Colossus of the North

the volume assesses the role of region in American Catholic history

and their often startling encounters with civilians

their sources

Prisoners of Congress Andrew McStay both in terms of eachThe untold story of the Quaker pacifists who became some of Americas first political prisoners. Prisoners of Congress 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. This compelling narrative follows