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Book Mary and William Dyer

    Book Details:
  • Author : Johan Winsser
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2017
  • ISBN : 9781539351948
  • Pages : 358 pages

Download or read book Mary and William Dyer written by Johan Winsser and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Dyer is widely esteemed as one of the "Boston martyrs"- four Quakers hanged by the Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1659 and 1661. When she returned to Boston in 1660, after having been banished twice from Massachusetts, she committed an act of deliberate civil disobedience that cost her her life, led to the downfall of the puritan government, and advanced the fundamental principles of freedom of conscience and expression. More than three-and-a-half centuries later, the state continues to exercise its mandate to preserve the peace and social order, while also protecting the constitutional exercise of free speech and self-expression. The challenge, always, has been to identify and then enforce the balance between the rights of individuals or groups to practice their beliefs, and the rights of others to likewise enjoy their liberties. The story of the Dyers-especially Mary's story-is how that challenge played out between the New England puritans and the Quakers, and how her life and death shaped the outcome of that conflict. "An authoritative and careful biography of Mary Dyer and her husband, William, which breaks new ground, dispels common beliefs, and balances both the Quaker and puritan sides of the story." -H. Larry Ingle, author of First Among Friends: George Fox and the Creation of Quakerism "A well-researched and balanced work that makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the people and issues of the seventeenth-century Atlantic world." -Francis Bremer, author of John Winthrop: American's Forgotten Founding Father

Book Mary Dyer

Download or read book Mary Dyer written by Ruth Talbot Plimpton and published by Branden Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the history of Mary Dyer (1611--1660) whose efforts to seek and find 'freedom to worship' led eventually to her death. Her quest began when she and her husband sailed from 'Old' to 'New' England in 1635. They were soon disillusioned by the intolerant practices and beliefs of the Puritans, who considered all truth could be found in the Old Testament -- and only there. Variations, from Puritan interpretations of the Ten Commandments, were punished by cruel torture and/or death. Banished from Boston for protesting such rigidity in belief and practice, Mary was among the group who founded Rhodes Island, where freedom in belief and practice of worship was established.

Book Mary Dyer  Quaker  Two Letters of William Dyer of Rhode Island  1659 1660   With Facsimiles

Download or read book Mary Dyer Quaker Two Letters of William Dyer of Rhode Island 1659 1660 With Facsimiles written by William Dyer (of Rhode Island.) and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mary Dyer  Quaker

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  • Author : William Dyer (of Rhode Island.)
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1903
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Mary Dyer Quaker written by William Dyer (of Rhode Island.) and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mary Dyer of Rhode Island

Download or read book Mary Dyer of Rhode Island written by Horatio Rogers and published by Providence, Preston and Rounds. This book was released on 1896 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mary Dyer  Quaker

Download or read book Mary Dyer Quaker written by William Dyer and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mary Dyer  Quaker

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  • Author : William Dywe
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1903
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Mary Dyer Quaker written by William Dywe and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book White Allies in the Struggle for Racial Justice

Download or read book White Allies in the Struggle for Racial Justice written by Boyd Drick and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Us and Them

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  • Author : Jim Carnes
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 1999-04-08
  • ISBN : 0199761221
  • Pages : 137 pages

Download or read book Us and Them written by Jim Carnes and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-04-08 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of intolerance in the United States begins in colonial times. Discrimination on the basis of religion, race, and sexual orientation have been characteristic of our society for more than three centuries. "Us and Them" illuminates these dark corners of our nation's past and traces its ongoing efforts to live up to its ideals. Through 14 case studies, using original documents, historical photos, newly commissioned paintings, and dramatic narratives, readers begin to understand the history and psychology of intolerance as they witness firsthand the struggles that have shaped our collective identity. We read about Mary Dyer, who was executed for her Quaker faith in Boston in 1660. We learn how the Mormons were expelled from Missouri in 1838. The attack on Chinese miners in Rock Spring, Wyoming in 1885, the battle of Wounded Knee in 1890, the activities of the Ku Klux Klan in Mobile, Alabama in 1981, and the Crown Heights riot in New York in 1991--all are presented in clear and powerful narrative that brings to life history that is often forgotten or slighted.

Book Everyday Wisdom

Download or read book Everyday Wisdom written by Wayne Dyer and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a collection of over 200 of author's famous quotes and observations.

Book Alice Paul and the Fight for Women s Rights

Download or read book Alice Paul and the Fight for Women s Rights written by Deborah Kops and published by Boyds Mills Press. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for Women's History Month, here is the story of the extraordinary Alice Paul, a leader in the long struggle for votes for women. Alice Paul made a significant impact on both the woman's suffrage movement—the long struggle for votes for women—to the "second wave," when women demanded full equality with men. After women won the vote in 1920, Paul wrote the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which would make all the laws that discriminated against women unconstitutional. Passage of the ERA became the rallying cry of a new movement of young women in the 1960s and '70s. Paul saw another chance to advance women's rights when the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964 began moving through Congress. She set in motion the "sex amendment," which remains a crucial legal tool for helping women fight discrimination in the workplace. A true "girl power" book for today's young women, the title includes archival images, an author's note, a bibliography, and source notes.

Book Four Women in a Violent Time

Download or read book Four Women in a Violent Time written by Deborah Crawford and published by Crown Publishing Group (NY). This book was released on 1970 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the lives of four women who struggled for civil rights and justice in seventeenth-century America.

Book The Way of Duty

Download or read book The Way of Duty written by Joy Day Buel and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1995 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining the skills of a gifted writer and a scholar's grasp of early America, The Way of Duty draws readers into a vividly evoked world.

Book Jeff in Venice  Death in Varanasi

Download or read book Jeff in Venice Death in Varanasi written by Geoff Dyer and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-04-07 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book A Best Book of the Year: The Economist, The New Yorker, San Francisco Chronicle, Slate.com, and Time In Venice, at the Biennale, a jaded, bellini-swigging journalist named Jeff Atman meets a beautiful woman and they embark on a passionate affair. In Varanasi, an unnamed journalist (who may or may not be Jeff) joins thousands of pilgrims on the banks of the holy Ganges. He intends to stay for a few days but ends up remaining for months. Their journey—as only the irrepressibly entertaining Geoff Dyer could conjure—makes for an uproarious, fiendishly inventive novel of Italy and India, longing and lust, and the prospect of neurotic enlightenment.

Book Moll Dyer and Other Witch Tales of Southern Maryland

Download or read book Moll Dyer and Other Witch Tales of Southern Maryland written by Lynn J. Buonviri and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-07 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the true story of Moll Dyer and the witches of Southern Maryland... if you dare... Despite the attention that Salem receives, they were far from the only town to organize a witch hunt in colonial America. Rebecca Fowler was tried as a witch in St. Mary's in 1685, and in 1674, John Cowman became the only man ever charged with witchcraft in Maryland. In Moll Dyer's case, locals took the law into their own hands. According to legend, Moll Dyer was chased from her burning home by a mob in St. Mary's County in the year 1697, left to die in the dark and cold. Was she just an ordinary woman blamed for problems beyond her control? Or was she a witch whose curse lingers on? Author Lynn Buonviri uses period records and local lore to discover the truth behind the legend of Moll Dyer and her curse.

Book The Quaker Reader

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  • Author : Jessamyn West
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book The Quaker Reader written by Jessamyn West and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mary Dyer  Friend of Freedom

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  • Author : John Briggs
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2014-08-19
  • ISBN : 9780990516002
  • Pages : 109 pages

Download or read book Mary Dyer Friend of Freedom written by John Briggs and published by . This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Mary Dyer did hang as a flag..." Mary Dyer was the first woman executed in America for her religious beliefs, but her death started a revolution no one could stop. Mary Dyer, Friend of Freedom is the first children's book about this largely forgotten civil rights leader. It tells the true story of her courageous fight for religious freedom against some of the most powerful men in colonial America. Middle-grade readers are encouraged to learn how this humble Quaker inspired kings and governors on two continents and became an international civil rights hero.