John Bowne

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American colonist Quaker person

John Bowne was a 17th-century English-born American colonist and Quaker whose defense of religious freedom in Flushing, New Netherland, became a landmark case for liberty of conscience in America.

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Label	Occurrences
John Bowne canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American colonist ⓘ Quaker ⓘ person ⓘ
arrestedBy	Peter Stuyvesant ⓘ
arrestReason	holding Quaker meetings in his home ⓘ
associatedWith	Flushing Remonstrance ⓘ
banishedTo	Dutch Republic ⓘ surface form: The Dutch Republic
birthDate	1627 ⓘ
birthPlace	Matlock, Derbyshire, England ⓘ
burialPlace	Quaker burial ground in Flushing, Queens ⓘ
citizenship	England ⓘ New Netherland ⓘ
colony	New Netherland ⓘ Province of New York ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Bowne House ⓘ
commemoratedIn	Bowne House ⓘ surface form: National Historic Landmark Bowne House
deathDate	1695 ⓘ
deathPlace	Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ surface form: Flushing, Queens, Province of New York
ethnicOrigin	English ⓘ
historicalPeriod	17th century ⓘ
houseLocation	Flushing ⓘ surface form: Flushing, Queens, New York
houseUse	site of early Quaker meetings ⓘ
imprisonedIn	New Amsterdam ⓘ
influenced	development of religious liberty in colonial America ⓘ
legacy	early advocate of religious toleration in North America ⓘ
legalOutcome	acquittal by Dutch West India Company directors ⓘ order allowing religious tolerance in New Netherland ⓘ
movement	Religious freedom in America ⓘ
name	John Bowne self-link ⓘ
notableFor	defense of religious freedom in Flushing ⓘ landmark case for liberty of conscience in America ⓘ
occupation	farmer ⓘ merchant ⓘ
parent	Mary Bowne ⓘ Thomas Bowne ⓘ
petitioned	Dutch West India Company ⓘ
relative	Elizabeth Fones ⓘ Robert Feake ⓘ
religion	Quakerism ⓘ
residence	Flushing, New Netherland ⓘ Province of New York ⓘ
spouse	Hannah Bickerstaff ⓘ Hannah Feake ⓘ

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Flushing Cemetery, Queens, New York, United States → notableBurial → John Bowne ⓘ

subject surface form: Flushing Cemetery

John Bowne → name → John Bowne self-link ⓘ