Thursday, October 09, 2014

This Day In The Law: Roger Williams

On October 9, 1635, Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government has no right to interfere in religious affairs. Read Williams’s Plea for Religious Liberty here.

Acknowledgment to Jurist.


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