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GEORGE MASON'S PURSUIT OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN REVOLUTIONARY VIRGINIA.

Authors :
Dreisbach, Daniel L.
Source :
Virginia Magazine of History & Biography. 2000, Vol. 108 Issue 1, p5. 40p. 11 Black and White Photographs.
Publication Year :
2000

Abstract

Traces the legislative activities of George Mason IV in behalf of religious liberty in revolutionary Virginia in the 1770s. Contributions to the drafting of Article XVI of the Virginia Declaration of Rights; Initiatives raised in late 1776 and 1779; Involvement in the disestablishment struggle of the mid-1780s.

Subjects

Subjects :
*AMERICAN Revolutionary War, 1775-1783
*EIGHTEENTH century
*COLONIAL United States, ca. 1600-1775
*HISTORY of the freedom of religion
VIRGINIA state politics & government
UNITED States religions

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00426636
Volume :
108
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Virginia Magazine of History & Biography
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
3284553

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