Tunker


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an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)

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Jonathan Seiling, and Ross Fair after him, argue that from 1793 to 1867, religious groups (mainly Quakers, Mennonites, and Tunkers [Brethren in Christ]) successfully argued their objection to war despite a hostile colonial militia environment, stalemated governments, decades of exemption penalties, and great social and financial cost.
Lara Campbell, Michael Dawson, and Catherine Gidney, eds., Worth Fighting For: Canada's Tradition of War Resistance from 1812 to the War on Terror
These are the Mennonites, Church of the Brethren (also called Tunkers or Dunkards), Hutterites, Doukhobors, and the Society of Friends or Quakers.
Conscientious objection in Manitoba during the First World War
(Not VC-related) What had Commissioners of Bankrupts, mail carriers, lockmasters and Tunkers in common?
Military trivia & humour
(The Tunkers, incidentally also known as "Dunkers," were a religious group whose church building figured prominently in the Antietam battle).
Into the Viper's Nest
Dunkers, who practiced three-time immersion baptism, were also referred to as Tunkers, Dunkards, and Brethren.
The loyal draft dodger? A reexamination of confederate substitution
Society of Friends (Quakers), and Tunkers (Brethren in Christ).
"Canada's First Martyr": The Suspicious Death of David Wells, Winnipeg's First-World-War Pentecostal Conscientious Objector
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