Gaustad, Edwin S.

Roger Williams : prophet of liberty / Edwin S. Gaustad. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2001. - 139 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Oxford portraits .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-135) and index.

Surveys the life of the Baptist clergyman whose belief in the separation of church and state, and disapproval of offical policy toward Native Americans, caused his exile from Massachusetts, and who helped to found Rhode Island.

0195130006 : $24.00

00056675


Williams, Roger, 1604?-1683.


Reformers--Biography.
Puritans--Rhode Island--Biography.
Freedom of religion--United States.


Rhode Island--History.

F82.W7 / G38 2001

974.5/02/092 B