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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... professed Puritan scruples . ) More likely , however , the " strange opinions " that led to his undoing in Plymouth had to do with his increasingly vocal defense of the land rights of Native Americans . While in Plymouth , Williams ...
... profess convictions contrary to their own in order to escape punishment ; encouraging this lack of trustworthiness is hardly a social asset , argued Williams . But more often persecution creates martyrs , for force usu- ally manages ...
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