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The Quakers' Rebellious Origins
Episode 337

The Quakers' Rebellious Origins

American History Hit · History Hit

December 4, 202550m 19s

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<p>How could walking naked through town be seen as religious? What about digging up a corpse? Or bursting into church services to cause mayhem?</p><br><p>In this episode, Dr Erica Canela takes Don back to the first years of Quakerism to explore where this religion came from, and how it ended up in the United States.</p><br><p>Erica is the author of <em>Zealous: A Darker Side of the Early Quakers.</em></p><br><p>Edited by Aidan Lonergan. Produced by Sophie Gee. Senior Producer was Freddy Chick.</p><br><p>Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at <a href="https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br><p>You can take part in our listener survey here.</p><br><p>All music from Epidemic Sounds.</p><br><p>American History Hit is a History Hit podcast.</p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>