Topic: Religion
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The Old Luthern Church
The Pennsylvania folk artist Lewis Miller painted this scene from inside the Lutheran Church in York, Pennsylvania, in 1800. The church’s sexton, firemaker, and other officials go about their business,...
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The Providential Detection
In this cartoon from 1797, Jefferson’s political enemies portrayed the then-vice-president as dangerously pro-French, un-Christian, and un-American. Jefferson kneels ready to sacrifice the U.S. Constitution on the “altar of Gallic...
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To the British Settlements in America upon Slave-keeping
In this 1773 pamphlet, Benjamin Rush of Philadelphia condemned slavery as morally wrong. He also insisted that the continued existence of slavery endangered the liberty and prosperity of white people....
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Virginia Declaration of Rights
In June 1776, Virginia’s temporary government—known as the Convention—unanimously adopted this Declaration of Rights. George Mason was the main author of the document, which aimed to secure the civil and...
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Washington’s First Inaugural Address
This document is the text of George Washington’s first inaugural address as president. Although Washington chose not to mention particular policies that his administration would pursue, he pledged to serve...
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Word Cloud of the Statute for Religious Freedom
This word cloud was created on Wordle using the text of the edited version of the Statute for Religious Freedom. Jefferson’s Bill for Religious Freedom became a statute (law) in...
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