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A Seasonable Plea for Liberty of Conscience
Backus defends religious liberty and conscience against state interference, establishing foundational arguments for separation of church and state in Revolutionary America.
Printed for Philip Freeman, Boston, 1770. TCP N09053 (uwgraphics VEP2_TCP_SimpleText).
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