| Years | Image | Event | Description | Keywords |
| 1656 | | First Quaker missionaries arrive in New England | Between 1656-1661, at least 40 Quakers preached in Massachusetts. Some came from England, others from Barbados or Rhode Island | Quaker, Whittier |
| 1657 | | Lawrance and Cassandra Southwick imprisoned for entertaining Quakers | They were eventually released, then imprisoned again the next year, and finally banished in 1659 on pain of death. The court threatened to sell their children to Barbados. | Quaker, Whittier |
| 1659 | | Massachusetts executes Quakers | | execution |
| 1661 | | English Quaker William Leddra hanged in Boston. | In response English Quakers sought a mandamus from King Charles II. A Salem Quaker, Samuel Shattock, who was then in England, delivered it to Governor Endecott. | Quaker, Whittier |
| 1662 | | Deborah Wilson ran naked through the streets of Salem. | This was one of several attempts at civil disobedience by Quakers who chose flamboyant efforts to witness against persecution. Like the others, Wilson as whipped at the cart tail. | Quakers |
| 1695 | | Thomas Maule denounces Puritan leaders | | Quakers |
| 1881 | | Controversy over John G. Whittier's "The King's Missive" | In letters to the Boston Daily Advertiser, Whittier and historian George Ellis argued over the imprisonment of Quakers in 17th century Boston. | Quaker, Whittier, poetry |
