Faith of Our (Founding) Fathers

Our Founder's faith expressed in their own words and deeds
   
 Click on each name for a short biographical sketch and evidence of their faith . . . . . . .
  
Abigail AdamsCharles CarrollJohn JayRoger Sherman
John AdamsJohn DickinsonThomas JeffersonRichard Stockton
John Quincy AdamsGabrial DuvallWilliam Samuel JohnsonJohnathan Trumbull
Samuel AdamsBenjamin FranklinJames MadisonGeorge Washington
Abraham BaldwinAlexander HamiltonGeorge MasonDaniel Webster
Gunning Bedford, JrJohn HancockGouverneur MorrisNoah Webster
Elias BoudinotPatrick HenryRobert Treat PaineJohnathan Witherspoon
Jacob BroomJames IredellBenjamin RushVarious Others
    
Since these patriots professed to be Christians, where did they stand on the issue of slavery?
The Founding Fathers and Slavery George Washington, Thomas Jefferson & Slavery in Virginia
  
See the section "Separation of Church and State" for more quotations.
  

 

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