5. The Martyr

OCT 23, 202224 MIN
American History Revealed

5. The Martyr

OCT 23, 202224 MIN

Description

In this episode, we examen the persecution of religious freethinker Anne Hutchinson and her subsequent exile. Accused by Minister John Winthrop of two crimes: being adverse to the standard teachings of the religious community she inhabited, and for being a woman that didn’t know her place, she faced a slanderous trail that held her future, and the future of her family, in the balance.