17 Dec 2022 7:32 pm
Puritans hung Quakers in Massachusettes.jack » 17 Dec 2022, 8:26 pm » wrote: ↑ Yup, Puritans thought Christmas had something to do with an historical figure named Jesus, if you can believe it.
"William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson, two Quakers who came from England in 1656 to escape religious persecution, are executed in the Massachusetts Bay Colony for their religious beliefs. The two had violated a law passed by the Massachusetts General Court the year before, banning Quakers from the colony under penalty of death."
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-his ... us-beliefs