Anne Hutchinson

Dramatizes Anne Hutchinson's struggle with the Puritan Church hierarchy over their rigid theocratic control of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Losing to Governor Winthrop in the courts, she is banished from Massachusetts and excommunicated from the Church. Points out her contribution to the concepts of separation of church and state, freedom of religion, and the fundamental worth, dignity, and privacy of the individual.
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Shows Anne Hutchinson's fight for religious tolerance and freedom of conscience in Puritan New England., A documentary profile of Anne Hutchinson. Describes Anne Hutchinson's struggle with the Puritan Church hierarchy over rigid theocratic control of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, her conflict with Governor Winthrop in the courts, and her excommunication from the church. Shows how Anne Hutchinson's stand reaffirmed the principle of separation of church and state and the guarantee of freedom of religion.
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