William Bradford, the Pilgrim leader who organized the first Thanksgiving in 1621, was a Separatist. The Separatists, reformers who took to heart the text of II Corinthians 6:17 -- "Come out from among them, and be ye separate" -- broke with the Church of England, and sought in the New World a situation in which they might be free to worship and enjoy community on their own terms.
The Separatist
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