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This book was first published in 2009. In the late-seventeenth

century, Quakers originated a unique strain of constitutionalism,

based on their theology and ecclesiology, which emphasized

constitutional perpetuity and radical change through popular

peaceful protest. While Whigs could imagine no other means of

drastic constitutional reform except revolution, Quakers denied

this as a legitimate option to governmental abuse of authority and

advocated instead civil disobedience. This theory of a perpetual

yet amendable constitution and its concomitant idea of popular

sovereignty are things that most scholars believe did not exist

until the American Founding. The most notable advocate of this

theory was Founding Father John Dickinson, champion of American

rights, but not revolution. His thought and action have been

misunderstood until now, when they are placed within the Quaker

tradition. This theory of Quaker constitutionalism can be traced in

a clear and direct line from early Quakers through Dickinson to

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part I. Quaker Constitutionalism in Theory and Practice, c.

1652–1763:

 1. Bureaucratic libertines: the origins of Quaker

constitutionalism and civil dissent

 2. A sacred institution: the Quaker theory of a civil

constitution

 3. 'Dissenters in our own country': constituting a Quaker

government in Pennsylvania

 4. Civil unity and 'seeds of dissention' in the golden age of

Quaker theocracy

 5. The fruits of Quaker dissent: political schism and the

rise of John Dickinson

Part II. The Political Quakerism of John Dickinson, 1763–89:

 6. Turbulent but pacific: 'Dickinsonian politics' in the

American revolution

 7. 'The worthy against the licentious': the critical period

in Pennsylvania

 8. 'The political rock of our salvation': The US Constitution

according to John Dickinson

Epilogue: the persistence of Quaker constitutionalism,

1789–1963

Bibliography

Index

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