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Even that specific example is a bit of a gray area imo. They were persecuted in England and tried to live in the Netherlands but found life hard to adjust and w
by DigiDigiorno 6y ago
Even that specific example is a bit of a gray area imo. They were persecuted in England and tried to live in the Netherlands but found life hard to adjust and were also wanting to keep their English identity. So, it is more of persecution by the Church of England that pushed them away.
The Netherlands do get a point here for tolerance imo.
- mullingitover 6y agoTrue, but the point stands: they weren't fleeing persecution. Furthermore, they enthusiastically, viciously persecuted other religious groups in North America. > "For the Puritans, the “Lord’s Kingdom” did not include Quakers, and the Rev. Norton is known as the chief instigator of the persecution of Quakers in New England. He is quoted as saying, “I would carry fire in one hand and faggots in the other, to burn all the Quakers in the world.” The punishment for a Quaker to set foot in Massachusetts in 1660 was death by hanging."[1] > "From Puritan Boston’s earliest days, Catholics (“Papists”) were anathema and were banned from the colonies, along with other non-Puritans. Four Quakers were hanged in Boston between 1659 and 1661 for persistently returning to the city to stand up for their beliefs."[2] [1] https://historicipswich.org/2015/10/13/persecution-of-quakers-by-the-puritans/ https://historicipswich.org/2015/10/13/persecution-of-quaker... [2] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/americas-true-history-of-religious-tolerance-61312684/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/americas-true-history...