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sep 18 Learn More Anne Hutchinson Arrives at Massachusetts Bay Colony
Anne Hutchinson arrived at the Massachusetts Bay Colony on this day in 1634. Three years later, she was banished. So what'd she do? Basically, she had the nerve to criticize the Puritans' narrow idea of morality. Officially, she was convicted of traducing the ministers, "traducing" being a fancy word for "majorly dissing." After getting kicked out of Massachusetts, she moved to Rhode Island, and six years later she was killed by American Indians. Hutchinson haters back in Mass interpreted the event as God judging her. Harsh.
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