The Emancipation of Massachusetts
by Brooks Adams
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About This Book
This is a classic work on the history of the Massachusetts Bay theocracy from 1630 to 1776 and, more generally, the history of the theocratic idea from Moses until the twentieth century. The book also contains reflections on the history of law and government. Brooks Adams (1848-1927) was the grandson of U.S. President John Quincy Adams and the great-grandson of President John Adams.This is the original revised and enlarged edition, published in 1919, of this work. It can be downloaded in PDF at no charge from Google Books. A Kindle e-book edition is also available at no charge. Paper reprint e...
Chapters (27)(click to expand)
- THE EMANCIPATION OF MASSACHUSETTS THE DREAM AND THE REALITY
- PREFATORY NOTE TO FIRST EDITION.
- PREFACE TO NEW EDITION.
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- THE EMANCIPATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.
- CHAPTER I. — THE COMMONWEALTH.
- CHAPTER II. — THE ANTINOMIANS.
- CHAPTER III. — THE CAMBRIDGE PLATFORM.
- CHAPTER IV. — THE ANABAPTISTS.
- CHAPTER V. — THE QUAKERS.
- TURBULENT QUAKERS.
- FRIENDS,
- CHAPTER VI. — THE SCIRE FACIAS.
- CHAPTER VII. — THE WITCHCRAFT.
- CHAPTER VIII. — BRATTLE CHURCH.
- MR. COLMAN:
- CHAPTER IX. — HARVARD COLLEGE.
- J. DUDLEY.
- CHAPTER X. — THE LAWYERS.
- CHARTER.
- CONSTITUTION.
- CHARTER.
- CONSTITUTION.
- JOSIAH QUINCY.
- CHAPTER XI. — THE REVOLUTION.
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