A century before the American Revolution and before men like George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson took their place in our minds as America’s Founding Fathers, William Penn had already planted the seeds for a new nation.  As a forerunner to the U.S. Constitution Penn’s understanding of government was so brilliant and revolutionary that Thomas Jefferson called him, “The greatest lawgiver the world has produced.”  And he was, not only because his constitution provided the framework for the United States government, but also because of the potential freedom it established for all people.  Penn, a product of his own time and struggle, saw his effort in its infancy but more importantly in its possibility, calling it the “seed of a nation”—whose ultimate success is yet to be proven.  

Because a seed retains its DNA, even through generations of dormancy, an awakening is exactly what is needed.  The Seed of a Nation successfully consolidates the historical evidence to support the legitimacy of the seed planted in North America.  You will be compelled to reconsider racial divisions and the widely debated Separation of Church and State as you read through the three major themes of the book:  covenant, reconciliation and freedom.   You will see why many now acknowledge William Penn as America’s first Founding Father whose paternal voice can speak to the moral dilemma America faces  regarding the message of freedom.  The Fields believe that education is the first step needed to awaken the conscience of a nation and to begin the discussion about the vision and responsibility America has to the hope of freedom in a world desperate to define it.