TODAY IN HISTORY: Death to Quakers

More Great moments in the religious history of a "Christian nation."

Did they tell you that the Puritans came to America in search of religious freedom?

That part is true. But it was for themselves, not anybody else. Religious dissidents did not fare well in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Just ask Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson. They were both banished from Boston.

(My recent blog about Roger Williams: http://www.dontknowmuch.com/2009/10/today-in-history-roger-williams-and-san-francisco/)

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