All posts tagged "ministers"
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1.4KMassachusettsThe Puritans Burn the Book of Sports
Merrie Old England used to spend Sunday afternoons the way we do now: enjoying sports. King James actually encouraged his subjects to...
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3.1KMassachusettsIn 1640, More Puritans Left New England Than Arrived
The year 1620 is well known as the date the Pilgrims arrived in Plymouth, but 1640 is less well-known as the year...
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2.5K1MassachusettsThe West Indies Send Sugar, Slaves and Red Sox Stars to New England
For four centuries, the West Indies have made an outsized impact on New England. In 2018, West Indian stars and a West...
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4.0K1MassachusettsThe Puritans Blame Provoking Evils for King Philip’s War
Increase Mather could see King Philip’s War coming from his pulpit. All around him he saw sinful activity: periwigs, high prices, tippling...
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4.5KMassachusettsThe 1635 Perplexing Death of Maid Mary Sholy
In 1635, Mary Sholy had the tragic misfortune of meeting William Schooler. Schooler was not the sort of man the early settlers...
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3.4KMassachusettsHannah Jumper, 75, Rampages Against Rum in Rockport
Over five hours one summer day in 1856, 75-year-old Hannah Jumper and 200 women rampaged through the streets of Rockport, Mass., smashing...
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3.6K4MassachusettsNathaniel Eaton, the Sadistic Puritan Who Made Harvard Disappear for a Year
Harvard University got off to a rough start in 1638, when Nathaniel Eaton and his wife led such a reign of terror...
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2.8KConnecticutEquity, Maine Meets the New England Divorce Reform League
The New England Divorce Reform League sprang up in the late 1800s in response to a divorce crisis in the country. The...
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2.2K5ConnecticutRiver Gods of the Connecticut River Valley Create A World of Their Own
During the 150 years before the American Revolution, a series of aristocrats known as the River Gods ruled the Connecticut River Valley....
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4.3K8MassachusettsHow the Slave Trade Took Root in New England
On Feb. 28, 1638, the slave trade probably began in New England when a ship arrived in Massachusetts Bay from the West...