All Posts Tagged With: "Puritans"
Can We Tell Those Huddled Masses to Scram? Immigration and the Constitution
In 1873 some Presbyterians in Kentucky invited a young Canadian to be their pastor. Tensions in the border state were still high following the War of Southern Independence, and the congregants hoped that a neutral outsider could pacify folks not only within their own church but even across denominations. Rev. A.B. Simpson succeeded so well [...]
1Nov2006 | Becky Akers | 25 comments | ContinuedThe Colonial Origins of American Liberty
Thomas Woods, Jr., is a professor of history at Suffolk Community College in Brentwood, New York. An earlier version of this paper was delivered at the January 2000 Ludwig von Mises Institute conference, “The History of Liberty,” and appeared on Mises.org. It has recently been suggested that we cease to use the term “Founders” to [...]
1Sep2000 | Thomas E. Woods Jr. | 0 comments | Continued-
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