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New Netherland and the Dutch Origins of American Religious Liberty (Paperback)
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New Netherland and the Dutch Origins of American Religious Liberty (Paperback)
Series: Early American Studies
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The settlers of New Netherland were obligated to uphold religious
toleration as a legal right by the Dutch Republic's founding
document, the 1579 Union of Utrecht, which stated that "everyone
shall remain free in religion and that no one may be persecuted or
investigated because of religion." For early American historians
this statement, unique in the world at its time, lies at the root
of American pluralism. New Netherland and the Dutch Origins of
American Religious Liberty offers a new reading of the way
tolerance operated in colonial America. Using sources in several
languages and looking at laws and ideas as well as their
enforcement and resistance, Evan Haefeli shows that, although
tolerance as a general principle was respected in the colony, there
was a pronounced struggle against it in practice. Crucial to the
fate of New Netherland were the changing religious and political
dynamics within the English empire. In the end, Haefeli argues, the
most crucial factor in laying the groundwork for religious
tolerance in colonial America was less what the Dutch did than
their loss of the region to the English at a moment when the
English were unusually open to religious tolerance. This legacy,
often overlooked, turns out to be critical to the history of
American religious diversity. By setting Dutch America within its
broader imperial context, New Netherland and the Dutch Origins of
American Religious Liberty offers a comprehensive and nuanced
history of a conflict integral to the histories of the Dutch
republic, early America, and religious tolerance.
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