Richard Francis

From persecuted to persecutors: The Mayflower Pilgrims fall out

Fellow Puritans who differed in matters of theology faced ruthless eviction from the Plymouth Colony, as John G. Turner demonstrates

Roger Williams, banished by the Massachusetts Bay colonists, is helped by Narragansett Indians (Alamy)

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