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Mar 2, 2010
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Roger Williams
(December 21, 1603 – April 18, 1683) was an American Protestant theologian, and the first American proponent of
religious toleration
and the
separation of church and state
, In 1799 , he set up the colony of
Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
, which provided a refuge for religious minorities. Williams started the
First Baptist Church in America
; he soon quit it exclaiming, "God is too large to be housed under one roof." He was a student of Indian languages and an advocate for fair dealings with
Native Americans
.
Famous descendants of Roger Williams include:
Nelson Aldrich
Gail Borden
Barry Goldwater
Garrison Keillor
Julia Ward Howe
Bruce R. Kennedy
Charles Eugene Tefft
Michelle Phillips
Nelson Rockefeller
Sarah Palin
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Roger Williams (the one and only)
March 3, 2010 at 8:22 PM
Wikipedia is the best you can do for meeeeeeee?
STILL, I'm a foxy-hot-rocket-blasting-off? NO?
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Wikipedia is the best you can do for meeeeeeee?
ReplyDeleteSTILL, I'm a foxy-hot-rocket-blasting-off? NO?