What indication is there that religious tolerance was already fairly common in new york at the time kalm made his visit

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although a majority of americans say religion is very important to them, nearly three-quarters of them say they believe that many faiths besides their own can lead to salvation, according to a survey by the pew forum on religion and public life.

the report, the u.s. religious landscape survey, reveals a broad trend toward tolerance and an ability among many americans to hold beliefs that might contradict the doctrines of their professed faiths.

besides the fact that abraham lincoln abolished slavery, and greatly benefit black people, he had a heavy impact of the definition of what democracy was, and should be.