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Friday, October 09, 2009
Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom
On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs.
Read Williams'
Plea for Religious Liberty
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