HSB-41 Home - Entire Timeline
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| Years | Image | Event | Description | Keywords |
| 1656 | First Quaker missionaries arrive in New England | Between 1656-1661, at least 40 Quakers preached in Massachusetts. Some came from England, others from Barbados or Rhode Island | Quaker, Whittier | |
| 1657 | Lawrance and Cassandra Southwick imprisoned for entertaining Quakers | They were eventually released, then imprisoned again the next year, and finally banished in 1659 on pain of death. The court threatened to sell their children to Barbados. | Quaker, Whittier | |
| 1659 | Massachusetts executes Quakers | execution | ||
| 1661 | English Quaker William Leddra hanged in Boston. | In response English Quakers sought a mandamus from King Charles II. A Salem Quaker, Samuel Shattock, who was then in England, delivered it to Governor Endecott. | Quaker, Whittier | |
| 1662 | Deborah Wilson ran naked through the streets of Salem. | This was one of several attempts at civil disobedience by Quakers who chose flamboyant efforts to witness against persecution. Like the others, Wilson as whipped at the cart tail. | Quakers | |
| 1695 | Thomas Maule denounces Puritan leaders | Quakers | ||
| 1881 | Controversy over John G. Whittier's "The King's Missive" | In letters to the Boston Daily Advertiser, Whittier and historian George Ellis argued over the imprisonment of Quakers in 17th century Boston. | Quaker, Whittier, poetry |