Portage County Anti-Slavery Society report urges county library drive
The fifth annual report notes limited progress in abolition work, calls for county township and school district circulating libraries, stronger auxiliary county ties, and broader dissemination of anti-slavery publications. It cites need for lecturer outreach, a living press, and unity among locals to advance emancipation.
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Zion
Paii
Ravenna
American Society
Zion’s
Watchman
Friend of Man
Ublic
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
New York
Pittsburgh
Minute on Slavery Resolutions Adopted by Third Presbyterian Church
Minute from an adjourned meeting in Cincinnati on Oct 1 1839 contains slavery resolutions. It calls ministers from slaveholding presbyteries to prove they do not hold slaves, exclude slaveholders from church fellowship, report actions to the presbytery, and urge commissioners to seek declaratory assembly actions. A dissent by Rev T A Mills is noted.
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Third Presbyterian Church
Cincinnati
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
Import. Ltd
T. A. Mills
Bishop Doane
Crummel
Bishop Onderdonk
Pennsylvania
Crammel
Kidnapping ring captured as two boys recovered in Virginia
The article reports that Sydney O. Francis and Hassard from Lunenburg were kidnapped but have been recovered. Key suspects including Pertin Shearer, Dickenson Shearer, John Dickenson, and Elias M. Turner were arrested in Virginia and Maryland. further arrests may follow. A gang with roots from New England to Virginia is alleged. authorities pursue other accomplices.
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Virginia
Sydney O. Francis
John F. Francis
Hassard
Lunenburg
Pertin Shearer
Palmer
Dickenson Shearer
John Dickenson
Elias M. Turner
Shearer
Fredericksburg
Francis L. Wilkinson
Francis
Dickenson
Furner
Richmond
James River Canal
Cartersville
New England
Bereavement in Greenfield over Hon. James C. Alvord death
The Boston Daily Advertiser reports the death of James C. Alvord of Greenfield, elected for the Franklin District, after a lengthy illness. A young lawyer and legislator, he supported liberty and equal rights, with notable reports on slavery and the District of Columbia. Sympathies are offered to his father and mourners.
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Boston Daily Advertiser
James C. Alvord
Greenfield
Congress
Franklin District
Alvord
Ahar
Texas
District Columbia
Eman
Colorphobia and a Colored Applicant at Theological Seminary
The Minnesota abolitionist column discusses an African American applicant for admission to New York’s General Theological Seminary. It claims the board rejected him for undisclosed reasons and targets Dr. Hawks for alleged mixed ancestry, implying racial prejudice and calling for scrutiny of the church leadership.
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Reap
Gen. Theological Seminary
Episcopal Church In
America
General ‘Theological Seminary
New York
Board of ‘Trustees
Haws
Crummel
Crommel
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Free States
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A. Benton
Cincinnati Daily Gap
Cincinnati Presbytery
Hawks
Newbern
N. C
New Orleans
Episcopal Church
Dr. Hawks
Canada
Rev. Bishop
Alexander Crommel
General Theological Seminary
Protestant Episcopal Church
N. Y
General Seminary
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Doane
H. A. Onderdone
James Milnor
Hugh Smith
WM. Johnson
David B. Ogden
Edward A. Newton
Huntingdon
Peteria
Big Doane
Ted
Althou
Bishop Deane
St. Paul
God
Jesus Christ
Tim
Historian of the Church
Doang
Zamé
Gillich
Father Th God
Lord Jesus Christ
Yen
Amy
Mr. Crummel Shoul
Ermina Pate
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