Colony leaders

A biography of the Englishman whose belief in religious freedom and separation of church and state led him to establish the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

A biography of the man who devoted his life to helping the poor and oppressed in England and whose principal achievement was the founding of the colony of Georgia.

A biography of the Englishman whose belief in religious freedom and separation of church and state led him to establish the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

A biography of the Englishman whose belief in religious freedom and separation of church and state led him to establish the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

A biography of the Englishman whose belief in religious freedom and separation of church and state led him to establish the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

A biography of the Englishman whose belief in religious freedom and separation of church and state led him to establish the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

The son of a London cobbler, Roger Williams became a minister by earning scholarships to a preparatory school and the university, and later emerged as one of the leaders of the New England settlements.