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salem witch trials

The following conversation takes place in July of 1637, a month before Anne Hutchinson was put into trial. John Winthrop, governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, has called a conference to discuss Hutchinson’s teachings at the courthouse.

Mr. Winthrop: I have called you here in this room today to discuss your troubled behavior and actions that have negatively influenced the commonwealth and the churches here. What you have done is not tolerable in the sight of God.

Mrs. Hutchinson: Yes, you have called me here and I am here. But what have I done wrong, Mr. Governor?

Mr. Winthrop: Please, I do not like to repeat myself. We both know very well what you have done here in Massachusetts Bay.

Mrs. Hutchinson: I am living my freedom of religion in America that is all I know and, that is all I have done. I don’t suppose there is anything wrong with that?

Mr. Winthrop: That is where you are definitely wrong. Freedom of religion does not consist of a married woman holding sermon...

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