Did you know John Winthrop, a leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony whose "A Model of Christian Charity" set forth the puritan colonists' vision of establishing a "city on a hill," was not only a slaveowner but helped to write the first law in North America legalizing slavery?
Not only that, but the Massachusetts Bay Colony often traded Native American prisoners for enslaved Africans as a way to "get rid of troublesome" Pequot Indians.
Within a few decades of the passing of the first law legalizing slavery, the Colony passed a law stating that the
Within a few decades of the passing of the first law legalizing slavery, the Colony passed a law stating that the
children of enslaved people inherited bondage.
Yes, the language and vision of a "city on a hill" and "a model for Christian Charity" were used in the same breath as creating systems and institutions of heinous injustice, even the first of their kind in North American. American
Yes, the language and vision of a "city on a hill" and "a model for Christian Charity" were used in the same breath as creating systems and institutions of heinous injustice, even the first of their kind in North American. American
puritanism, among many things, was a trailblazer for the creation of laws protecting the practice of slavery.
One source among many: historyofmassachusetts.org/slavery-in-mas…
One source among many: historyofmassachusetts.org/slavery-in-mas…
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