Backus, Isaac (1724–1806)
| US Protestant leader. Backus founded the New Light Church in Norwich, Connecticut, and was a champion of total-immersion baptism for adults. In 1756 he became pastor of a Baptist church in Massachusetts, where he became a noteworthy defender of religious freedom and the separation of church and state. |
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