On Religious Liberty: Selections from the Works of Roger WilliamsHarvard University Press, 2008 M01 31 - 288 pages Banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his refusal to conform to Puritan religious and social standards, Roger Williams established a haven in Rhode Island for those persecuted in the name of the religious establishment. He conducted a lifelong debate over religious freedom with distinguished figures of the seventeenth century, including Puritan minister John Cotton, Massachusetts governor John Endicott, and the English Parliament. |
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... father to the throne in 1625 , hostility between royalists and Puri- tans reached an apex . Charles married a Roman Catholic , responded weakly to the growing threat of Catholic France , and favored the anti - Calvinist forces in the ...
... father had also been a trader , and Williams may have learned some of the necessary skills from him . ) Through his interactions with the Native Americans , Williams acquired a sophisti- cated knowledge of their language and customs and ...
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