Finding Providence: The Story of Roger Williams (I Can Read Level 4)

The year is 1635, and Mary Williams and her family live in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Her father, Roger, is on trial for preaching new ideas about freedom. When found guilty, he flees into the cold, telling Mary that she must trust in God's providence to see him to safety.

Roger's only hope of survival lies with the Narragansett Indians. Will Mary ever see her father again?

Children's Literature

Here is the story of the founding of Providence, Rhode Island, told from the perspective of the daughter of Roger Williams. Williams left the Massachusetts Bay Colony in search of a place where no church or government would force religious beliefs on anyone. In simple language, the story of Roger Williams demonstrates the simple but powerful concept that has come to be enshrined as the constitutional separation of church and state.