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History of religion in the United States

  • Uxbridge, MassachusettsIn September of 1663, John Eliot sold the Squimshepauk plantation to settlers for twenty-four pounds sterling. This transaction marked the beginning of…
  • Bible BeltAmerican journalist H. L. Mencken first used the phrase Bible Belt in 1924. He wrote those words inside a column for the Chicago Daily Tribune that year.