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Roger Williams
English Protestant theologian, author, and founder of Rhode Island (1603–1683)
For other people named Roger Williams, see Roger Williams (disambiguation).
Roger Williams (c. 1603 – March 1683)[1] was an English-born New EnglandPuritan minister, theologian, and author who founded Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and later the State of Rhode Island.
He was a staunch advocate for religious freedom, separation of church and state, and fair dealings with the Native Americans.[2]
Williams was expelled by the Puritan leaders from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and he established Providence Plantations in 1636 as a refuge offering what he termed "liberty of conscience".
In 1638, he founded the First Baptist Church in America in Providence.[3][4] Williams studied the language of the New England Native Americans and published the first book-length study