The Puritans who settled New Haven did so in part to worship as they pleased. But they weren’t necessarily willing to offer that freedom to others—especially Quakers, whose pacifism and egalitarianism were deeply heretical, and whose tactics were needling and …
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Distant Relativity
This day in 1638, New Haven’s Puritan settlers arrived. Get to know them a little with this 17th-century story from 2017. …
Distant Relativity
The Puritans who settled New Haven did so in part to worship as they pleased. But they weren’t necessarily willing to offer that freedom to others…