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Temperance reform divides village religious leaders in 1810
A local temperance society accuses nine professors of religion of opposing reform by aiding gambling and alcohol. Aimed at enlisting all Christians, the plea urges women and households to shun slave-made cotton and join moral action, linking slavery abolition to temperance and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Seve
Ene
The
Lodi Temperance Society
Joseph Plumb
Lodi
Vkmier Manriveau
Femalus
Collins
Loberty
Nelson
Uith Mo
Tennessee
Arkansas
America
Samaria
Christ
Jesus
Mary
Martha
Linuet
Linay
Ives
Satan
L. M. Collins
Senate
Maynard
New York
Comptroller
Sen. Root
Young
Dickinson
Boards of Supervisors
Edwards
Crocker
Medical Society of
County of Cattaraug
Fime
Assembly
Dacah Harsh Ay
Jarred Wilson
Stakte
Haight
Hawley
Buftfalo
Unadillas
Gen. Root
U. States
van Buren
United States
Tallmadge
Seneca Lake Steamboat Navigation Company
Renlstate
Committee of Finance
Root
Secet
State of
Congress of the
U. S
U.S
Treasury Department
Congress
Department
Union
Messrs. Young
Howards