Roger Williams was an English theologian, minister, author and founder of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations of Colonial America. He pioneered many principles like separation of state and church, religious liberty, and abolition of slavery. Throughout his time in America, he enjoyed very good relations with Native Americans and constantly rebuked the English monarchy for not paying the Native Americans for their lands. Pious from a young age, he took his religious vows as a Puritan minister while completing his education at prestigious institutions in England. His beliefs that the ‘Church of England’ was corrupt led him to the New World, where he was constantly at loggerheads with the authorities for his ‘dangerous’ beliefs. He took up religious posts at Salem and Plymouth but his radical views got him banished from the colonies. The Narragansett Indians sheltered him and sold him their land at Narragansett Bay, which he christened ‘Providence’. He also assisted in the founding of the Rhode Island colony, which became a haven for all kinds of persecuted people. Alongside founding the ‘First Baptist Church’ in America, he wrote several books, including one in the Narragansett language. His principles are believed to have influenced the founding fathers of America.