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Ronnie Pontiac | Remembering Manly P. Hall, American Metaphysical Religion, & The Pagan Pilgrim
The Arrest, Exile, and Erasure of Thomas Morton
The Puritans eventually arrested Thomas Morton, burned down Merrymount, and marooned him on an island with minimal supplies. Morton, who gave the Puritan leaders nicknames like "Captain Shrimp" for Miles Standish, criticized the colonists for their incompetence and descent into cannibalism while surrounded by natural abundance. Although he managed to return to England and publish "New English Canaan," his legacy was largely erased from American history. Pontiac notes Morton was the first in America to be banned in Boston and the first to publish a "fart joke."