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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
Well, they were fleeing primarily from the Catholics  |
Actually, they were fleeing from fellow Protestants - Anglicans, although admittedly the Puritan's main problem with Anglicanism was that it was Catholicism without Pope. Despite this Puritans were not exactly tolerant folks - fleeing religious prosecution didn't stop them from committing it once they landed in America. So I think it's a mistake to refer to them as precursors for the practice of religious freedom.