Banished from Boston

Daughter of a persecuted English dissenter, midwife Anne Marbury Hutchinson fled with her 11 children in 1634 to New England, seeking freedom to pursue her Puritan beliefs. She quickly rose to prominence, organizing discussion groups in her new home, and she dared to critique the sermons of Boston’s clergy, for which she was indicted for sedition. Here’s the little-told story of her indictment and trial and the tragic events that followed.