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The Puritans were opposed to slavery and many Christians, Puritans, and Quakers protested the government because of slavery and helped make the underground railroad to free slaves. The Puritans were in America before slavery. England started the slave trade to America and France provided almost all of the slave transport on ships to America.
Since most of the Pilgrims actually were Puritans themselves, the answer is yes.
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for religious freedom
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The king of England sent the Puritans over to America because they wanted to reform the religion at the time.
One of the reason the Puritans went to North America was because they did not agree with the church of England and they were not allowed to practice their own religion.
For religios freedom and to get away from the church of England because they were puritans
the puritans lived in America , Massachusetts bay colony .
More than 1,000 Puritans came to Massachusetts, America in 1630.
In the year of 1630, the Puritans arrived in America. Their main purpose for going to America, was to reform the Church of England.
It was Colonial America,the Puritans
It was Colonial America,the Puritans
It was Colonial America,the Puritans
The Puritans arrived in Jail in Boston, England in 1620 because they would not be allowed to sail to America for 10 more years. They kept telling the king, "We want to go now!"