Religious Freedom Documents


PRIMARY SOURCES

• Text of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• Madison: Memorial and Remonstrance
• George Washington's Letter to the Jews of Newport, Rhode Island
• To view Washington’s original handwritten letter to the Jews of Newport, Rhode Island, click here. (Original letter Courtesy of the Morris Morgenstern Foundation, on temporary loan to the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia, PA. A facsimile version of the Letter can be seen at the Loeb Visitors Center at the Touro Synagogue National Historic Site in Newport, Rhode Island.)
• Background on the First Amendment and Bill of Rights
• Additional Background on the First Amendment
• Article 18-Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• The New Nation (1790-1828)
• Sacred Texts - Religious Freedom Page
• Jefferson Digital Archive
• Thomas Jefferson Papers
• James Madison Papers

SECONDARY SOURCES

• Annual Report for International Religious Freedom
• Adherents.com - Find Out More About Religions
• The Avalon Project
• International Coalition for Religious Freedom
• Organizations In Defense of Freedom
• American Presidents
• American Presidents: Life Portraits
• American Writers: Jefferson & Madison
• Creating a Virginia Republic - Thomas Jefferson
• Jefferson on Politics & Government: Freedom of Religion
• Establishment Clause and the Supreme Court Cases
• Free Exercise Clause and the Supreme Court Cases
• Constitutional Law and Criminal Procedure