Mary Dyer and the Quest for Religious Freedom

Learn more about Mary Dyer, the first and only female Quaker to be executed in America for her beliefs.

sources:

Burrough, Edward. “A Declaration of the Sad and Great Persecution and Martyrdom of the People of God, called Quakers, in New-England, for the Worshipping of God.”1661. http://www.ushistory.org Wiliam Penn. 

Winsser, Johan. Quieting Mary Dyer: Edward Burrough and Dyer's Letter to the Massachusetts General Court. October 26, 1659 

http://wams.nyhistory.org Women and the American Story. Life Story of Mary Dyer.