Birthdate: 1579 AD
Birthplace: not known
Died: 1647 AD
Thomas Morton, an early colonist from Devon, England, was a lawyer, writer, and social reformer. He had a keen interest in American Indian culture and established the colony of Merrymount in Quincy, Massachusetts. Morton’s legal knowledge likely influenced the colony’s governance, while his writing and social reform skills helped foster cultural exchange between the colonists and the indigenous peoples.
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