Person1590 – 1657
William Bradford
Leader of the Mayflower Pilgrims, governor of Plymouth Colony for more than thirty years
Where they went
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Puritan “Pilgrims” fleeing persecution by the Church of England crossed to North America on the Mayflower and, before landing, pledged to form their own government and obey its laws.
Themes this person appears in
- Islamic Empires and the Atlantic World1500 – 1800
Three centuries in which the Ottomans of Suleiman I, the Mughals of Akbar and the Safavids of Abbas I flourished and then faltered, while across the Atlantic the slave trade and colonies transformed the Americas, leading to American independence