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When Quakers started appearing in Massachusetts Bay, the Puritans literally put them on boats and deported them. Some refused to leave, or came back after being banished, including Mary Dyer, one of four Quakers between 1659 and 1661 who were hanged on Boston Common. So the Puritans were not religiously tolerant at all.
The American Experiment: Dialogues on a Dream
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