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They knew they were Pilgrims, Plymouth Colony and the contest for American liberty, John G. Turner

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They knew they were Pilgrims, Plymouth Colony and the contest for American liberty, John G. Turner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

They knew they were Pilgrims

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1121603818

Responsibility statement

John G. Turner

Sub title

Plymouth Colony and the contest for American liberty

Summary

In 1620, separatists from the Church of England set sail across the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower. Understanding themselves as spiritual pilgrims, they left to preserve their liberty to worship God in accordance with their understanding of the Bible. There exists, however, an alternative, more dispiriting version of their story. In it, the Pilgrims are religious zealots who persecuted dissenters and decimated the Native peoples through warfare and by stealing their land. The Pilgrims' definition of liberty was, in practice, very narrow. Drawing on original research using underutilized sources, John G. Turner moves beyond these familiar narratives in his sweeping and authoritative new history of Plymouth Colony. Instead of depicting the Pilgrims as otherworldly saints or extraordinary sinners, he tells how a variety of English settlers and Native peoples engaged in a contest for the meaning of American liberty. From dust jacket

Table Of Contents

The Lord's free people -- Leiden -- Mayflower -- Thanksgiving -- Good news -- Sacraments -- The lord of misrule -- Out of small beginnings -- Soul liberty -- Hope -- Freemen and freedom -- Salamanders -- Friends -- Subjection -- War -- Cannibals -- Children of life and death -- Bitter cups -- Taxation and representation

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