History of the United States I / Unit 4 USH1 0458 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Penn and the Lenni Lenape
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The idea
Penn formed a covenant of friendship with the Lenni Lenape, buying their land for a fair price instead of taking it by force.
In practice
Pennsylvania avoiding frontier war with native peoples during its early history.
Where people slip
Quaker merchants nonetheless participated in the thriving African slave trade, and some Quakers rejected the practice and worked to abolish it.
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