The Disaffected: Britain's Occupation of Philadelphia During the American Revolution

An exploration of the British occupation of Philadelphia that highlights the perspectives of those wearied by and withdrawn from the War for Independence

Elizabeth and Henry Drinker of Philadelphia were no friends of the American Revolution. Yet neither were they its enemies. The Drinkers were a merchant family who, being Quakers and pacifists, shunned commitments to both the Revolutionaries and the British. They strove to endure the war uninvolved and unscathed. They failed. In 1777, the wa...