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According to an Op-Ed by Kenneth T. Jackson in today's (Thursday, December 27) New York Times, "THREE hundred and fifty years ago today, religious freedom was born on this continent. Yes, 350 years. Religious tolerance did not begin with the Bill of Rights or with Jefferson's Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom in 1786. With due respect to Roger Williams and his early experiment with “liberty of conscience” in Rhode Island, this republic really owes its enduring strength to a fragile, scorched and little-known document that was signed by some 30 ordinary citizens on Dec. 27, 1657."
For the complete Op-Ed, "A Colony With a Conscience", please go to:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/27/opinion/27jackson.html
Kenneth T. Jackson, a professor of history at Columbia, is the editor in chief of The Encyclopedia of New York City.
I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.
Regards,
Walter Greenspan
Great Falls, MT
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