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Culture

Ann Lee, the 1700s Christian leader who shocked America

In 1770, Lee was imprisoned for 30 days in Manchester for disrupting another church service. While incarcerated, Lee had a premonition that celibacy was the key to purity and would become the Shakers' cornerstone. Four years later, Lee had another...

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