Project Gutenberg 2008-03-29 Public domain in the USA. 2108 Bradford, William 1590 1657 Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Leonard Johnson, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) "Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation'" by William Bradford is a historical account written in the early 17th century. The text serves as a primary source for understanding the founding and development of the Plymouth Colony, meticulously detailing the challenges and experiences faced by the Pilgrims from their departure from England to their struggles in the New World. This narrative provides insight into the lives of the early settlers and their journey toward establishing a community grounded in their religious convictions. The opening of the work sets the stage for Bradford's exploration of the motivations behind the Pilgrims' migration, framed within the broader context of religious persecution in England. It describes how the desire for a purer religious practice led to the formation of their separatist community, which ultimately compelled them to leave their homeland. Bradford emphasizes that their journey was not merely physical but also a spiritual quest for freedom to worship without the constraints imposed by the Church of England and its contentious practices. The detailed account of their trials, including imprisonment and financial loss, hints at the sacrifices the Pilgrims made in pursuit of their beliefs, paving the way for the colonization of America. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Massachusetts -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 F001 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General 1401434 1401350 2024-09-10T13:55:10.742526 2023-09-11T06:59:33.784959 text/html text/html 1404673 2019-04-14T06:47:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1831396 2021-01-03T10:51:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1931000 2024-09-10T13:55:37.886406 application/epub+zip 1946859 2024-09-10T13:55:15.568521 application/epub+zip 519649 2024-09-10T13:55:13.032514 application/epub+zip 2771083 2024-09-10T13:55:50.244342 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2670526 2024-09-10T13:55:34.988407 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 836036 2022-09-11T12:51:19.901408 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 998162 998041 2024-09-10T13:55:06.115558 2023-09-11T06:59:29.269928 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 997992 2021-01-03T10:51:13 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 368264 2021-01-03T10:51:13 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 998002 2021-01-03T10:51:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 368249 2021-01-03T10:51:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20092 2024-09-10T13:55:50.432319 application/rdf+xml 16441 2024-09-10T13:55:13.583501 image/jpeg 3713 2024-09-10T13:55:13.306506 image/jpeg 1878013 2024-09-10T13:55:10.895523 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia