Roger Williams chronicles the life of one of the most remarkable forefathers of American history. A true revolutionary of his time, this devout Puritan championed Native American rights; wrote treatises on equal rights, flag desecration, and the separation of church and state; established the first American settlement based on complete religious toleration--and he lived almost two centuries before independence, when America was still a vast wilderness! Williams went on to adopt adult baptism and founded the first Baptist ...
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Roger Williams chronicles the life of one of the most remarkable forefathers of American history. A true revolutionary of his time, this devout Puritan championed Native American rights; wrote treatises on equal rights, flag desecration, and the separation of church and state; established the first American settlement based on complete religious toleration--and he lived almost two centuries before independence, when America was still a vast wilderness! Williams went on to adopt adult baptism and founded the first Baptist church in America. He became president of Rhode Island colony in 1654, served as captain in the defense of Providence during King Philip's War, and continued to write and preach passionately for religious tolerance and Native American rights until his death in 1683.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Pages are clean and free of markings. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 144 p. Contains: Illustrations. Oxford Portraits. Audience: Young adult.
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