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American Opposition to Anglican Bishop (10)

“An Attempt to Land a Bishop in America.” Cartoon in the British Political Register, 1768. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (10)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-13637]

American Opposition to Anglican Bishop 

Reports that the Church of England (Anglican), the established church, was going to appoint a bishop in America stoked fears of increased and oppressive government limitations on religious freedoms. In this political cartoon, angry American colonists chase a British bishop aboard a ship labeled “Hillsborough” for the British Colonial Secretary, Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough (1718—1793), and then use long poles to push the ship away from the dock.