The first Quakers to land in America (Boston, Massachusetts), Englishwomen Ann Austin and Mary Fisher, were arrested and jailed by the Puritan colonial government. After 5 years imprisonment, they were deported back to Barbados.
The first Quakers to land in America (Boston, Massachusetts), Englishwomen Ann Austin and Mary Fisher, were arrested and jailed by the Puritan colonial government. After 5 years imprisonment, they were deported back to Barbados.