Chapter VI

FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TROUBLES.--UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AT USURPATION BY
CODDINGTON.

Death of Canonicus, 28

Possibility of the doctrine of soul liberty
demonstrated, 28

Dissensions among the colonists, 29

Troubles with Massachusetts, 29

Baptists persecuted in Massachusetts, 30

1651. Coddington obtained a royal commission as
Governor of Rhode Island and Connecticut for life,
which virtually dissolved the first charter, 30

Roger Williams sent to England to ask for a
confirmation of the charter, 31

John Clarke, also, sent to ask for a revocation of
Coddington's commission, 31

1652. Slaves not allowed to be held in bondage longer than
ten years, 32

Commerce with the Dutch of Manhattan interrupted by
war between England and Holland, 32

Coddington's commission revoked and the first charter
restored, 32