Race and Redemption in Puritan New EnglandAs colonists made their way to New England in the early seventeenth century, they hoped their efforts would stand as a citty upon a hill. Living the godly life preached by John Winthrop would have proved difficult even had these puritans inhabited the colonies alone, but this was not the case: this new landscape included colonists from Europe, indigenous Americans, and enslaved Africans. In Race and Redemption in Puritan New England, Richard A. Bailey