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About Roger Williams
Roger Williams was an English-born New England minister, theologian, author, and founder of the Providence Plantations, which became the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and later the State of Rhode Island. He was a staunch advocate for religious liberty, separation of church and state, and fair dealings with the Native Americans.
Everything about Roger Williams →- Occupation
- pastor, preacher, theologian, politician
- Position held
- colonial governor of Rhode Island, captain, President of colonial Rhode Island
- Citizenship
- England, Colony of Rhode Island and Plantations
- Born
- December 21, 1603, 1603, 1604, 1606
- Died
- 1684, April 1, 1683, 1683, April 18, 1683