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It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.
Daniel Defoe, The Life and Adventures of Christian Davies (1741).

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Today in Freedom

On May 18, 1652, Rhode Island passed the first law in English-speaking North America making slavery illegal.

On May 18, 1593, playwright Thomas Kyd’s accusations of heresy led to an arrest warrant for fellow playwright Christopher (“Kit”) Marlowe.

Kyd was the famed author of The Spanish Tragedy, and Kit Marlowe [pictured] was known for a number of plays, including The Jew of Malta and The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus.

Marlowe died a few weeks later, on May 30, without having been arrested. The circumstances of his death were bizarre, suspicious — as if written by a playwright.

Kit Marlowe

Slavery and Heresy

Bills of Suppression

So Low

Library Against Liberty

A Done Decision

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