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Events on Sunday 6 September 1620 1
1620Mayflower departs for the New WorldPilgrim and other colonists sail from Plymouth, EnglandThe Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England, carrying about 102 passengers, many of them Separatist Puritans seeking religious freedom in North America. The ship had earlier been forced back twice after its companion vessel, the Speedwell, proved unseaworthy. The roughly two-month Atlantic crossing brought the colonists far north of their intended destination in Virginia.