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The Puritans nobly fled from a land of despotism to a land of freedim, where they could not only enjoy their own religion, but could prevent everybody else from enjoyin his.

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Artemas Ward
Age: 72 †
Born: 1727
Born: November 26
Died: 1800
Died: October 28
Former U.S. Congressman
Judge
Military Officer
Politician
Prevent
Land
Everybody
Religion
Puritans
Enjoy
Nobly
Else
Fled
Puritan
Despotism

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