Vagabond Quakers. [Book 2,] Southern colonies
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-296) and glossary.

"After being publicly flogged ten stripes on her bare back for speaking out against the minister at Hampton in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, Quaker missionary Mary Tomkins is spirited away to the refuge of Newport, Rhode Island by her companions, Alice Ambrose, Anne Coleman, Edward Wharton, and George Preston. The Friends sail in Edward's boat the Sea Witch gaining the refuge of Newport, Rhode Island, by mid-May 1663. There the Society of Friends is not only tolerated but their faith is practiced by many, including leaders in government and community. It is the only haven of religious freedom in Puritan-dominated New England. The group of Friends grows as others join them, and their travels extend further south. During the next year, Mary and Alice experience the joys of fellowship with communities of Friends from Long Island to Virginia; however, they also suffer arrest and severe punishment before returning north to Boston to confront Governor John Endicott. At long last Mary and Alice will stand before the man who executed their spiritual mother, Mary Dyer in 1660. Although The Vagabond Trilogy is fiction, the books are based in solid research involving real people and events." -- Publisher's desciption.