Plymouth 1: The Brownist Emigration
Rejects & Revolutionaries (American History Podcast)
English - February 28, 2018 11:02 - 32 minutes - 15.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsHistory Education americanhistory americanhistorypodcast colonialamericanhistory historypodcast unitedstateshistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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For 200 years, Plymouth was referred to as the Brownist Emigration. Brownism was both a form of severe political agitation, and escape from troubled surroundings. It was both enthusiastic, and bitter. But, when the king wanted to put a halt to separatist thought, a group of Puritan Separatists decided to go to Leiden, and from there, to North America.