Chapter II: Foreword: v

INTRODUCTION xi
I OUT OF THE SHADOWS 3
II WESTWARD, HO! 15
III NEW NEIGHBORS 23
IV THE WAR OF WORDS 38
V “A CORNER FOR THE PERSECUTED” 52
VI THE PEQUOT WAR 68
VII THE INDIAN KEY 80
VIII IN QUEST OF THE CHARTER 93
IX NARRAGANSETT DAYS 108
X THE CHARTER ON TRIAL 120
XI THE SECOND MISSION 128
XII ROGER WILLIAMS AS COLONIAL PRESIDENT 142
XIII THE COMING OF THE QUAKERS 156
XIV ROGER WILLIAMS AS CITIZEN 169
XV KING PHILIP’S WAR 185
XVI BACK TO THE SHADOWS 200

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

DETAIL OF ROGER WILLIAMS STATUE _Frontispiece_

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ENTRANCE TO CHARTER HOUSE, LONDON 10 THE ROGER WILLIAMS TREE 46 THE WILLIAMS STREET MONUMENT 56 THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF PROVIDENCE 78 CANONICUS BRIDGE, THE BETSEY WILLIAMS COTTAGE, ROGER WILLIAMS PARK 120 STATUE OF ROGER WILLIAMS, ROGER WILLIAMS PARK 162 ROGER WILLIAMS’ POCKET-COMPASS, SUN-DIAL AND WATCH 206