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Colonial America

Quakers Executed

Quakers Executed
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Quakers Executed

On October 27th, 1659 two Quakers were executed in Boston, after reentering the colony, despite having been expelled. One year later, a third person, a women named Mary Dyer, was also hanged, after returning to the colony. She had initially been spared execution.

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