1. Crime in Early Massachusetts
... Massachusetts the magistrate created several Sabbath laws, which regarded Sunday as the Lord's Day. In Massachusetts the Sabbath laws were enforced frequently. In the town of Salem in 1668, John Smith and Mrs. John Kitchin were fined "for frequent absenting themselves from the public worship of God on the Lord's day." Magistrate also created strict laws against Quakers and persecuted them cruelly. On ... ...
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