Wellspring of liberty how Virginia's religious dissenters helped win the American Revolution and secured religious liberty / [electronic resource] :
John A. Ragosta.
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
- 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Virginia's dissenters, primarily Presbyterians and Baptists demanded religious liberty in return for supporting the American Revolution. The resulting negotiations not only brought Virginia, and America, religious freedom, but politicized dissenters and republicanized the polity.
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Church and state--History--Virginia--18th century. Dissenters, Religious--History--Virginia--18th century. Freedom of religion--History--Virginia--18th century.
Virginia--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. Virginia--Politics and government--1775-1783.