"Creating settlements in America was the goal of several secret societies from England and Europe. In Virginia, there was no gold to be stolen from ancient cultures; that was much further south. There was no wealth to be taken from the fur trade; that was much further north. Virginia was an experiment in creating a New World where more than one religion might be tolerated. Bacon’s plan for Virginia, as well as the whole continent, was detailed in his New Atlantis, not published until after his death. It would be a place where religion would be a matter of choice, where Rule would be established by vote, where science would not be punishable by horrific torture and death. In short it would be where Liberty would be more than a word. Virginia, it was hoped, would be Bacon’s New Atlantis. Thus he helped to bring together the Virginia Company." ~ Atlantis Rising, Issue 83, p. 40
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