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I. Introduction and Comments on Calvinist Revisionism of the History of Rhode Island.
Ia. Appendix to “I. Introduction and Comments on Calvinist Revisionism of the History of Rhode Island”: More on Calvinist Revisionism of the History of Rhode Island
II. Roger Williams Flees English Tyranny and Comes to Massachusetts; His Banishment by the Massachusetts Court
III. Roger Williams Flees Massachusetts; His Contributions to Religious Liberty
IV. Dr. John Clarke; the Portsmouth Compact
V. Roger Williams and the Providence Compact
VI. Roger Williams Secures the 1644 Rhode Island Charter; Dissemination of Knowledge: The Bloudy Tenet of Persecution for Conscious Sake
VII. Dr. Clarke’s Leadership in Rhode Island; Puritan Persecution of Obadiah Holmes
VIII. Roger Williams and Dr. John Clarke Go to England to Promote the Interests of Rhode Island; Dr. Clarke’s Book, Ill News from New England
IX. 1663 Rhode Island Charter; Treatment of Quakers in Rhode Island; Influence of Rhode Island on Religious Liberty