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Roger Williams (Hardcover)
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Roger Williams (Hardcover)
Series: Lives and Legacies
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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 a vividly written and 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, spread his enlightened
views on Native Americans, and (alongside John Milton) fought
passionately for religious freedom. Gaustad also describes how the
royal charter of Rhode Island, obtained by Williams in 1663, would
become the blueprint of religious freedom for many other colonies
and a foundation stone for the First Amendment. Here then is a
vibrant portrait of a great American who is truly worthy of
remembrance.
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