John Clarke and His Legacies: Religion and Law in Colonial Rhode Island, 1638-1750

by Theodore Dwight Bozeman

Book Overview

John Clarke and His Legacies is the first full-length biography of John Clarke (1609-76), a principal founder of colonial Rhode Island. Although Roger Williams usually gets most of the attention, Sydney James shows that Clarke made a lasting contribution to the colony--perhaps more so than Williams. Williams was the first Baptist minister in America, but he left his church after a very short time. And although Williams won the first charter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271028157
• ISBN13: 9780271028156
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"