Jack of Harts

The 1700s were a time of religious revival in America.  The First Great Awakening it is called.  New preachers taught that the Bible said all men were created equal, and that it was our place to read the Bible and debate its meaning with anyone, even our ministers.  They challenged authority to fractious Colonists who had left England to escape religious persecution.  They were a willing and ready congregation for those preachers.