Disembarking at Boston in 1656, Mary Fisher, “a religious maiden,” and her companion Ann Austin, Quakers, were welcomed by hangman, by gaoler. The hangman made a public bonfire of all books ...

That non-Quakers citizens would stand up for their neighbors’ rights to practice their faith exemplified how religious freedom had been the work of many, religious and nonreligious, said Brookhiser.

The Religious Society of Friends, also known as the Quaker Movement, Quakerism, or simply Quakers, was founded in England in the 17th century. Quakers (or "Friends," as Quakers call themselves ...

A new documentary, “Free Exercise: America’s Story of Religious Liberty,” tells the story of religious freedom through the experience of six religious groups — Latter-day Saints, Quakers ...