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Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island and a champion of religious freedom, was banished from Massachusetts for his beliefs and founded Providence in 1636. This colony served as a refuge where all could come to worship as their conscience dictated without interference from the state.
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Providence, Rhode Island · United States
