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Government and Liberty Described; and Ecclesiastical Tyranny Exposed
Backus exposes ecclesiastical tyranny and articulates principles of civil and religious liberty, challenging established church authority in colonial Massachusetts.
Printed by Powars and Willis, Boston, 1778. TCP N12452 (uwgraphics VEP2_TCP_SimpleText).
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