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Prisoners of Congress Andrew McStay worked behind the scenes withThe untold story of the Quaker pacifists who became some of Americas first political prisoners. Prisoners of Congress uncovers a forgotten Revolutionary War story with startling resonance today. In 1777, the Continental Congress condemned Quakers as an internal threat to the new republic and recommended the preventive detention of them, revealing how quickly fear and wartime urgency could turn neighbors into suspects. This compelling narrative follows