December 23, 2024
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Comments for: Moral hysteria and the persecution of difference

In 1692, the “city upon a hill” faced unprecedented crises. The crown had revoked its charter and ordered the arch-Puritan colony to tolerate dissenting faiths. Puritans were engaged in a bloody war with Native Americans, who had decimated Casco (Portland) and York. A military expedition to Quebec returned… Read More

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