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050 4 _aE191 .M67
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100 1 _aMancall, Peter C.,
245 1 4 _aThe trials of Thomas Morton :
_ban Anglican lawyer, his Puritan foes, and the battle for a New England /
_cPeter C. Mancall.
264 1 _aNew Haven :
_bYale University Press,
_c[2019]
264 4 _c©2019.
300 _aix, 278 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c22 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
336 _astill image
_bsti
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336 _acartographic image
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337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aA new look at Thomas Morton, his controversial colonial philosophy, and his lengthy feud with the Puritans. Adding new depth to our understanding of early New England society, this riveting account of Thomas Morton explores the tensions that arose from competing colonial visions. A lawyer and fur trader, Thomas Morton dreamed of a society where Algonquian peoples and English colonists could coexist. Infamous for dancing around a maypole in defiance of his Pilgrim neighbors, Morton was reviled by the Puritans for selling guns to the Natives. Colonial authorities exiled him three separate times from New England, but Morton kept returning to fight for his beliefs. This compelling counter-narrative to the familiar story of the Puritans combines a rich understanding of the period with a close reading of early texts to bring the contentious Morton to life. This volume sheds new light on the tumultuous formative decades of the American experience.
600 1 0 _aMorton, Thomas,
_d1575-1646.
648 7 _a1600-1775
_2fast.
650 0 _aBritish Americans
_zMassachusetts
_vBiography.
650 0 _aColonists
_zMassachusetts
_vBiography.
651 0 _aMassachusetts
_xHistory
_yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
999 _c237041
_d237041