The Puritans viewed the woods as the "Devil's stronghold."
They feared the woods mostly because they were unknown and they thought the devil inhabited them. Puritans basically feared anything they didn't completely understand. If you have ever read the short story Young Goodman Brown, Nathaniel Hawthorne describes the woods as place where "There may be a devilish Indian behind every tree," and "The devil himself might be at my very elbow!". Though we find the idea of devils and Indians waiting in the woods for an unlucky traveler to blunder out of his village comical, this scenario was very real to them. Puritans really are fascinating, it's amazing to me that they were able to live their life in such a strict, humble, hardworking way. I could never do it!
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.
It is one of the things they wanted-freedom to worship God and be caring and free.
The Puritans particularly hated the Separatists, whom they viewed as heretics and traitors.
No, you should probably feel sorry for his wife and kids.
The Puritans were intensely religious. The name Puritan indicates their belief in their own spiritual purity.
She probably hates him and who could blame her.
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No. It was the Parliamentarians who were Puritans.
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