{"product_id":"9780977808526","title":"The Original 13 - A Documentary History Of Religion In America's First Thirteen States","description":"\"The whole power over the subject of religion is left exclusively to the State governments, to be acted upon according to their justice and the State \u003cp\u003eConstitutions,\" wrote Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story in his Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, 1833.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWho was Joseph Story? He was the founder of Harvard Law School and appointed to the Supreme Court by President James Madison - the same James Madison who introduced the First Amendment in the first session of Congress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo understand the progression of religious freedom in America, it is necessary to review the Constitutions of the original thirteen States, together with the Colonial Charters that preceded them, i.e.:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVIRGINIA CHARTER OF KING JAMES I, 1606 \"...propagating of Christian Religion to such People as yet live in Darkness...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDELAWARE CHARTER OF KING ADOLPHUS, 1626 \"...further propagation of the Holy Gospel...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMASSACHUSETTS CONSTITUTION, 1780, Part 1, Article 3 \"Every denomination of Christians...shall be equally under the protection of the law and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePENNSYLVANIA CONSTITUTION, 1968, Article 1, Section 3 \"All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNORTH CAROLINA CONSTITUTION, 1971, Article 11, Section 4 \"Beneficent provision for the poor, the unfortunate, and the orphan is one of the first duties of a civilized and a Christian state...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining Charters, Constitutions, Court Decisions and Correspondence, this overview of history is intended as a study help for those interested in discovering the role religion played in America's original thirteen States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe process of how the Federal Courts removed religion from States' jurisdiction, most notably in the 1947 Everson v. Board of Education case, and subsequently evolved it into its present interpretation is the subject of another book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amerisearch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47029276606704,"sku":"9780977808526","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780977808526_p0.jpg?v=1763880184","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780977808526","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}