Season 1 Episode 4 Extra

Kevin Bacon | Quakers in Early America

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Kevin Bacon's Quaker ancestor immigrated from England to America for the chance to freely practice his religion. Arriving in the New World, the ancestor bought huge plots of land from the well-known Quaker leader William Penn.

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