Reading The Mayflower Papers (including Of Plymouth Plantation | Alexandria
Read The Mayflower Papers (including Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford. Revealing how the Mayflower icon shaped modern self-governance, these raw accounts expose startling truths: democracy emerged not from lofty philosophy but desperate pragmatism. Bradford's radical experiment in collective decision-making proved that political power could flow from ordinary people - a revolutionary idea that still challenges hierarchical systems today.