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They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty

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They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty - Turner, John G
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In 1620, separatists from the Church of England set sail across the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower. Understanding themselves as spiritual pilgrims, they left to preserve their liberty to worship God in accordance with their understanding of the Bible. There exists, however, an alternative, more dispiriting version of their story. In it, the Pilgrims are religious zealots who persecuted dissenters and decimated the Native peoples through warfare and by stealing their land. The Pilgrims' definition of liberty was, in practice, ...

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They Knew They Were Pilgrims: Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty 2020, Yale University Press

ISBN-13: 9780300225501

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