Journalist, minister, missionary, and Quaker—English-born William Penn is best known for his royal charter in 1681 to form a new colony in America, Pennsylvania, a refuge for religious freedom! It was while managing his father’s property in Ireland, that Penn met Quaker preachers who inspired his conversion to the Society of Friends. In the years that followed, he was imprisoned for his writings in a life-long fight for persecuted religious groups. William Penn relied heavily on the Bible as the