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			1656 First Quaker missionaries arrive in New England

1657 Lawrance and Cassandra Southwick imprisoned for entertaining Quakers

			1661 English Quaker William Leddra hanged in Boston.

1831 John Greenleaf Whitter, "Legends of New England"

			1833 John Greenleaf Whittier joins the abolitionist cause.

1834 Whittier publishes "The Slave Ship"

			1847 John Greenleaf Whittier, "Supernaturalism of New England"

1857 John Greenleaf Whittier, "Skipper Ireson's Ride,"

			1866 John Greenleaf Whittier, "Snowbound"

1880 John Greenleaf Whittier writes poems about Quaker persecution.

			1881 Controversy over John G. Whittier's "The King's Missive"

1888 Whittier supports women's suffrage.

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