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America's First Rebel: Roger Williams and the Birth of Liberty

Description:"Williams was really America's first individualist, the first contradictor of authority, the first rebel," explains John M. Barry, author of Roger Williams and The Creation of the American Soul: Church, State, and the Birth of Liberty. While best known as the founder of Rhode Island and for being a leading proponent of separation between church and state, Barry argues that Williams' imprint on America is deeper than most recognize. (9:13)

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