America's First Banned Book

To consider as well are the Index librorum prohibitorum and the Index of Prohibited Books of the Spanish Inquisition which applied to Spanish America (the first one to Portuguese America as well?) and appeared in the 16th century.

Also, it seems that in the 15th century Itzcoatl, a Mexica tlatoani, ordered the burning of many historical codices. I was not able to find earlier instances of banned books. Also, I do not know whether Indians in what is now the US or Canada had books (that could then be banned).

I suspect the native Americans would disagree, and perhaps would have preferred Morton's alternative to the Puritans. Of course, when one looks at the exploitation by the British of indigenous people in other parts of the world, it would likely be equally grim.

It does make me wonder what the world would have looked like today, had Morton and his allies won out against the puritans. He was still old world money after all, and could have anchored commerce in Britain's interest. Very likely the "New World" would be under British rule, or perhaps would have rebelled at a later point in time.

Fuck the Puritans.