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One of the great blessings of liberty we enjoy in our country is freedom of religion. The Founding Fathers of our nation ...
Puritans saw themselves as the definers and protectors of “God’s law.” Quakers believed each individual had the right and ability to access the spirit of God.
The New England Puritans have been more blamed for their treatment of the Quakers than for anything else they did. It is that which is chiefly responsible for the charge of bigotry and religious ...
There is scant mention of Quakers in Exeter's history. Charles Bell, in his "History of the Town of Exeter, ... In the mid-1600s, the Church of England was challenged by the Puritans, ...
It's hard to suppress disappointment with the Puritans when one reads that they "pulled up the gangplank behind them" once they arrived in America, as one author put it, not allowing Quakers and ...
Quakers who defied the law and held meetings were subjected to whippings and ... and the “shouting Methodies,” the New England Puritans and all dissenters were also banned by law and driven ...
Whatever happened to Puritans, the 17th-century radicals and religious zealots who are credited with founding the country, giving us its work ethic and being the bulk of the Pilgrims who gave us ...
Quakers were not allowed to attend their own services, nor were they allowed to proselytize. ... Though New England’s Puritans were not generally known for their wildness, ...
In the informal lesson, the hostility Colonial Puritans in Massachusetts felt for Fox and Quakers surfaced: “See what they will do with me in New England,” Stone said in Fox’s voice.