Baptists - Did You Know?

In 1708, Connecticut passes first dissenter statute and allows "full liberty of worship" to Anglicans and Baptists.

In 1771, The State of Virginia jails 50 Baptist worshipers for preaching the Gospel contrary to the Anglican Book of Common Prayer.

In 1773, Baptists were frequently imprisoned for preaching without authority of the state church of Virginia. Nathaniel Saunders, Baptist preacher, was imprisoned in the Culpepper County jail. A Baptist Church was later built upon the same ground that housed the jail.

In 1774, Eighteen Baptists are jailed in Massachusetts for refusing to pay taxes that support the Congregational church.