historically the religious separatists
were called the Saints and the merchant
adventurers were known as strangers what
most people don’t know in history that
those were the two groups that came on
to the Mayflower the Saints and the
strangers have you been below deck mr.
Martin I have not this vile Mayflower
was never meant to carry passengers
there’s a cargo ship meant for wine and
woolens not women and children we all
must make do the Mayflower picked up
what is basically an ostracized
religious sect who were even in their
day Dene deemed as fundamentalists have
been abroad in the world seeking my
fortune not hiding in Holland up with my
Bible you go too far sir the Saints are
the people who were basically
separatists of the the Church of England
they believed that they were holy and in
the right
they weren’t adventurers they weren’t
warriors they certainly weren’t seamen
they were just regular folk everyone
sort of understands the idea that they
were seeking religious freedom but I
think what we don’t usually get in
school is that they weren’t there
weren’t all religious pilgrims there was
opportunists you know looking for a
better life and they happen to share a
boat within the group of the pilgrims
there were a lot of different opinions a
lot of different belief systems we are
bound together in this venture mr.
Hopkins your people and ours we need to
make a common cause for a better life
for all of us common cause with us with
those that you call strangers strangers
were more adventure seekers and they are
opportunists they’re people who are
looking for riches in the new world you
know they want to come here and
I have an empire and and I don’t think
any of them are foolish enough to think
they would have an empire but for their
children’s children too it’s a wonderful
sort of visceral melting pot that was
the birth of American saints and
strangers is a story about the
complexities with the factions of people
within people who are Puritans and
people who are adventurers people who
are looking for opportunity and how
invariably you need each other to
survive
you
were called the Saints and the merchant
adventurers were known as strangers what
most people don’t know in history that
those were the two groups that came on
to the Mayflower the Saints and the
strangers have you been below deck mr.
Martin I have not this vile Mayflower
was never meant to carry passengers
there’s a cargo ship meant for wine and
woolens not women and children we all
must make do the Mayflower picked up
what is basically an ostracized
religious sect who were even in their
day Dene deemed as fundamentalists have
been abroad in the world seeking my
fortune not hiding in Holland up with my
Bible you go too far sir the Saints are
the people who were basically
separatists of the the Church of England
they believed that they were holy and in
the right
they weren’t adventurers they weren’t
warriors they certainly weren’t seamen
they were just regular folk everyone
sort of understands the idea that they
were seeking religious freedom but I
think what we don’t usually get in
school is that they weren’t there
weren’t all religious pilgrims there was
opportunists you know looking for a
better life and they happen to share a
boat within the group of the pilgrims
there were a lot of different opinions a
lot of different belief systems we are
bound together in this venture mr.
Hopkins your people and ours we need to
make a common cause for a better life
for all of us common cause with us with
those that you call strangers strangers
were more adventure seekers and they are
opportunists they’re people who are
looking for riches in the new world you
know they want to come here and
I have an empire and and I don’t think
any of them are foolish enough to think
they would have an empire but for their
children’s children too it’s a wonderful
sort of visceral melting pot that was
the birth of American saints and
strangers is a story about the
complexities with the factions of people
within people who are Puritans and
people who are adventurers people who
are looking for opportunity and how
invariably you need each other to
survive
you
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