The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 14
Landmarks in the Struggle for Religious Liberty
Landmarks in the Struggle for Religious Liberty.
- 1688. The Toleration Act, exempting Protestant Dissenters from penalties.
- 1828. Repeal of Test and Corporation Acts.
- 1829. Catholic Emancipation Act.
- 1830. 1836. Dissenters' Marriages Act.
- 1852. Withdrawal of the English Regium Donum.
- 1852-56. Public Provision for Dissenters in Burial Grounds.
- 1858. Admission of Jews to Parliament.
- 1800-69. Opening of the Endowed Schools to Nonconformists.
- 1866. Abolition of the "declaration" (or muzzle, as Lord Derby called it) on taking office.
- 1867. Lord Chancellorship and other offices in Ireland opened to Roman Catholics.
- 1868. Abolition of compulsory Church Rates.
- 1871. Universities thrown open, to Dissenters by the abolition of tests.
Fuller particulars of all the above measures, and ample information upon other branches of the Church and State question, will be found in the ably-compiled "Case for Disestablishment" (price one shilling) published by the Liberation Society of London.