Editing Roger Williams (section)

==Legacy==
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| caption1 = [[Roger Williams University]] in [[Bristol, Rhode Island]]
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| caption2 = Statue of Williams at Roger Williams University
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| caption3 = Memorial statue in [[Roger Williams Park]]
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| caption4 = [[Roger Williams National Memorial]] in [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]]
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| caption5 = Roger Williams Middle School in Providence
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Williams's defense of the Native Americans, his accusations that Puritans had reproduced the "evils" of the Anglican Church, and his insistence that England pay the Native Americans for their land all put him at the center of many political debates during his life. He was considered an important historical figure of religious liberty at the time of [[United States Declaration of Independence|American independence]], and he was a key influence on the thinking of the [[Founding Fathers]].

===Tributes===
Tributes to Williams include:
* The 1936 commemorative [[Rhode Island Tercentenary half dollar]]
* [[Roger Williams National Memorial]], a park in downtown Providence established in 1965
* [[Roger Williams Park]], [[Providence, Rhode Island]], and the [[Roger Williams Park Zoo]]
* [[Roger Williams University]] in [[Bristol, Rhode Island]]
* Roger Williams Dining Hall at the [[University of Rhode Island]]
* Roger Williams Inn, the main dining hall at the American Baptists' Green Lake Conference Center founded in 1943 in [[Green Lake (town), Wisconsin|Green Lake, Wisconsin]]
* [[Roger Williams Medical Center]], a hospital in Providence
* [[Roger Williams (Simmons)|Rhode Island's representative statue]] in the [[National Statuary Hall Collection]] in the United States Capitol, added in 1872
* A depiction of him on the [[Reformation Wall|International Monument to the Reformation]] in [[Geneva]], along with other prominent reformers
* Roger Williams Middle School, a public school in Providence
* [[Pembroke College in Brown University]] was named for Williams's alma mater

===Slate Rock===
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| caption2 = Memorial in Roger Williams Square
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Slate Rock is a prominent boulder on the west shore of the Seekonk River (near the current Gano Park) that was once one of Providence's most important historic landmarks.<ref name="Quahog" /><ref name="Sowams" /><ref name="RIHS" /> It was believed to be the spot where the Narragansetts greeted Williams with the famous phrase "What cheer, netop?" The historic rock was accidentally blown up by city workers in 1877.<ref name="Quahog" /><ref name="Sowams" /> They were attempting to expose a buried portion of the stone, but used too much dynamite and it was "blasted to pieces."<ref name="Quahog" /> A memorial in Roger Williams Square commemorates the location.<ref name="Quahog">{{cite web |title=Roger Williams's Landing Place Monument |url=https://www.quahog.org/attractions/index.php?id=68 |website=Quahog dot org |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526145444/https://www.quahog.org/attractions/index.php?id=68 |archive-date=26 May 2021}}</ref><ref name="RIHS">{{cite web |last1=Shamgochian |first1=John |title=Slate Rock, The Landing Place of Roger Williams |url=https://www.rihs.org/slate-rock-the-landing-place-of-roger-williams/ |website=Rhode Island Historical Society |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223163312/https://www.rihs.org/slate-rock-the-landing-place-of-roger-williams/ |archive-date=23 December 2021 |date=3 August 2020}}</ref><ref name="Sowams">{{cite web |title=Slate Rock Park |url=http://sowamsheritagearea.org/wp/slate-rock-park/ |website=Sowams Heritage Area |access-date=23 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508111614/http://sowamsheritagearea.org/wp/slate-rock-park/ |archive-date=8 May 2021 |date=14 January 2019}}</ref>