In 1675, William Scant of Braintree, Mass., came before the court for breaking a law called the Old Deluder Satan Act: He had refused to educate his children. As a result, the court ordered Braintree’s selectmen to find another home for the Scant children. Braintree, a Puritan town, considered ignorance barbaric, as did every other Puritan […]
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