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A 17th Century Historical Novel About Roger Williams

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Nov 13, 2018

Understanding Roger Williams

Leroy Moore Jr. in his article in 1963, “Roger Williams and the Historians,” already understood that there…

Not the Wall You Were Looking For

Yes, Roger Williams separated church and state in Rhode Island, but the “wall of separation” that Williams mentioned is not Thomas Jefferson’s! That would be the wrong wall. Williams’s message is more accurately: TEAR DOWN THIS WALL, Mr. Cotton! In short, while Roger…