The American church and slavery! [electronic resource] : From the Boston Liberator of August 28, 1857. The awful guilt of the American church in regard to slavery. The following "infidel" speech was delivered before the New England Anti-slavery Convention, May 26, 1836, by Rev. James T. Woodbury ... then of Acton, now of Milford (Mass.) ... In his speech, Mr. Woodbury solemly pledges himself to raise his voice against the guilt and hypocracy of the church as long as he lives; but who has heard any thing from him for many a year past? ...

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[United States : s.n., 1857]
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1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 46 x 32 cm.

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American broadsides and ephemera. First series ; no. 9753. [More in this series]
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  • Followed by: The Liberator. Boston, August 28, 1857. Guilt of the church--"Infidelity." On Sunday evening, August 2d, we addressed a very large and most attentive audience ... in Milford, (Mass.,) ... It appears that we had among our hearers the Rev. J.R. Johnson, a Universalist minister in that place, and that some of the views we presented were distasteful to him; but instead of confronting us on that occassion, he chose to reply to us from his own pulpit, on a subsequent Sunday. ...
  • Text in four columns; printed area measures 39.2 x 27.3 cm.
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Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2005. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (American broadsides and ephemera. First series ; no. 9753).
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