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 long-term loan to the B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum^TM, Washington, D.C.)
• Background on the First Amendment and Bill of Rights
• Additional 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

• 2010 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