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Isaac Backus (January 9, 1724November 20, 1806) was a leading Baptist preacher during the era of the American Revolution who campaigned against state-established churches in New England.

Born in the village of Yantic, near the town of Norwich, Connecticut, Backus was influenced by the Great Awakening and the works of Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield. He was converted in 1741. For five years, he was a member of a Separatist Congregationalist church. In 1746, he became a preacher. He was ordained in 1748. Backus became a Baptist in 1751 when he became pastor of the Middleborough Baptist Church in Middleborough, Massachusetts.

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Uniform title: History of New-England
by Backus, Isaac, 1724-1806
Boston: : Printed by Edward Draper, at his printing-office in Newbury-Street, and sold by Phillip Freeman, in Union-Street., 1777[-1796]
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Boston: : Printed for the author, by E. Lincoln. Sold by Manning & Loring, no. 2, Cornhill, and by E. Lincoln, Water-Street., 1804
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Massachusetts-State: Boston: : Printed by Draper and Folsom, and sold by Phillip Freeman, in Union-Street., M,DCC,LXXIX. [1779]
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