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To those prisons she committed inoffensive, innocent, pious ministers of the Gospel of truth, for carrying the light, the comforts, the consolations of that Gospel, to the hearts and minds of those unhappy Indians.
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Quincy condemns the imprisonment of ministers who sought to provide support and comfort to Native Americans during a time of conflict.
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