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Wellspring of liberty : how Virginia's religious dissenters helped win the American Revolution and secured religious liberty /

"Historians and the Supreme Court have repeatedly noted that the foundation of the First Amendment's protection of religious liberty lies in Virginia's struggle, turning primarily to Jefferson and Madison to understand this. In Wellspring of Liberty, John A. Ragosta argues that Virgin...

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Main Authors: Ragosta, John A.
Corporate Authors: Oxford University Press.
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford ; New York :
Publication Dates: 2010.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Church and state > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Dissenters, Religious > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Freedom of religion > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Virginia > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
Virginia > Politics and government > 1775-1783.
Online Access: http://www.iresearchbook.cn/f/ebook/detail?id=307dadd807264b58b5330c63dcb6fb58
Summary: "Historians and the Supreme Court have repeatedly noted that the foundation of the First Amendment's protection of religious liberty lies in Virginia's struggle, turning primarily to Jefferson and Madison to understand this. In Wellspring of Liberty, John A. Ragosta argues that Virginia's religious dissenters played a seminal and previously underappreciated role in the development of the First Amendment and in the meaning of religious freedom as we understand it today."--BOOK JACKET.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (viii, 272 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-253) and index.
ISBN: 9780199750948
Index Number: F230
CLC: K712.9
Contents: Virginians dissent -- Pleading for reform and demanding freedom -- British plans for success -- Did the dissenters fight? -- After the war -- What did they fight, and bargain for?

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