The Maypole at Merry Mount

Historical Context Note

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.1: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Colonial Period, 1604-1783.
Vol. editors: Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Scott Slawinski (Western Michigan University)

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Population, migrations and new settlements
Reform movements and reformers

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Date of occurrence 1624-05-01

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United States (Location)

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In what is now Quincy, Mass., Thomas Morton and others set up a May Pole, engaged in drinking and dancing with Indian women, and celebrated “the feasts of the Roman Goddes Glora, or the beastly practises of the Madd Bacchinalians,” according to Massachusetts Governor William Bradford. Morton was deported to England.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "The Maypole at Merry Mount". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 January 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=714, accessed 24 April 2024.]

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