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The Founder Of Rhode Island And Of The First Baptist Church In America, An Original And Passionate Advocate For Religious Freedom, A Rare New England Colonist Who Befriended Native Americans And Took Seriously Their Culture And Their Legal Rights, Roger Williams Is The Forgotten Giant Among The First English Colonists. Now, Edwin S. Gaustad, A Leading Expert On The Life Of Roger Williams, Offers An Authoritative Biography Of The Most Far-seeing Of The Early Settlers - The First Such Biography Written For A General Audience. Readers Follow Roger And Mary Williams On Their 1631 Journey To Boston, Where He Soon Became Embroiled In Many Controversies, Most Notably, His Claim That The Colonists Had Unjustly Taken Native American Lands And His Argument That Civil Authorities Could Not Enforce Religious Duties. Soon Banished For These Troubling (if Farsighted) Views, Williams Wandered For Fourteen Weeks In Bitter Snow Until He Bought Land From The Narragansett Indians And Founded Providence, Which Soon Became A Sanctuary For Religious Freedom And A Refuge For Dissenters Of All Stripes. The Book Discusses Williams' Journey Back To London, Where He Sought Legal Recognition Of His Colony, Sp

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Author

Gaustad, Edwin S. (Edwin Scott)

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780195183696

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, History, Biography

Rating

3.81 / 5 (45 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14