COLONLAL PERIOD-Early Colonial Religious Laws -- FEDERATION PERIOD-Time of Awakening to the Principles ol Civil and Religious Liberty -- NATIONAL PERIOD-Foundation Principles of the United States Government – LIBERTY SYMPOSIUM-The funding Fathers Speak -- EARLY EFFORTS FOR RETURN TO RELIGIOUS LAWS-The Agitation for the Suppression of Sun day Mails -- INCREASING PRESSURE FOR NATIONAL RELIGIOUS LEGISLATION-National Sunday Bills Through the Years -- COURT DECISIONS-Liberty at the Bar -- STATE CONSTITUTIONS-Fundamental Provisions for religious liberty -- SUNDAY LAWS IN THE UNITED STATES-Religious Liberty-Denied by Law -- OPERATION OF SUNDAY LAWS-Persecution of Religious Minorities -- VARIOUS ASPECTS OF SUNDAY LEGISLATION-History and Public Opinion Testify Against Sunday Laws -- RELIGION AND TAX-SUPPORTED SCHOOLS-An Indirect Attack.