Excerpt from The Triumph of the Presbytery of Hanover, or Separation of Church and State in Virginia: With a Concise History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States From 1705 to 1888

In 1773, two years before the commencement of the Revolution, the Ministers and Elders of the Presbytery of Hanover inaugurated a movement for the "Separation of Church and State in Virginia," and during the twelve succeeding years, never relaxed their efforts until every law on the statute-book of that State which interfered with the religious rights of the people was swept away. Owing to the exciting incidents of that period - the Revolutionary contest - this remarkable episode in the progress of religious freedom was partially overlooked, and has since been only very briefly noticed by writers on the general history of the country.

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