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Friday, August 22, 2008

The History of the United States of America By Richard Hildreth

The History of the United States of America By Richard Hildreth: "

The appearance of these fervid enthusiasts in New En CHAPTER giand threw the theocracy into the greatest alarm The existing laws of Massachusetts against heretics were not 1656 thought sufficient for the occasion A special law was presently enacted in the preamble of which the Quakers Oct were denounced as a cursed sect of heretics lately risen in the world To bring a known Quaker into the colony was made punishable by this law with a fine of 100 besides bonds to carry him back again or in default thereof imprisonment The Quaker himself was to be whipped twenty stripes sent to the house of correction and kept at hard labor until transported The importation or possession of Quaker books was strictly prohibited all such books were to be brought in to the nearest magistrate to bo burned Defending Quaker opinions was puni

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