Religion and Social Movements
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11.2KThe Catholic Test – When New Hampshire Outlawed Catholics
New Hampshire’s Constitution, adopted in 1784, was one of the strictest in the new United States in its restrictions on religious freedoms....
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8.4KNew Hampshire’s Jonathan Daniels Martyred in Alabama
Jonathan Daniels smoked cigarettes. He liked to drive fast. He liked a good argument. And when he saw something wrong, he tried...
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6.8KConstance Baker Motley Faces Down Racism
Constance Baker Motley encountered overt racism for the first time when she left her home in New Haven to attend Fisk College...
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6.9KHannah 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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9.9K1Margaret Rule and the ‘Smutty’ Cotton Mather
In September of 1693, just after the Salem witchcraft hysteria, a Boston girl, Margaret Rule, convinced the town that demons possessed her....
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3.5K1Epes Sargent Tries to Get America to Believe in Ghosts
In the 1860s and 1870s, many Americans grew obsessed with spiritualism and communicating with the dead. The movement, which began in 1848...
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