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Title: Colored American - April 1, 1837
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Colored American (1837 - 1842)
The writer stresses that the Church is encouraging the continuation of slavery by its implied approval of the system.
Description of file(s): one scanned, one columned, newspaper page
Speaker or author: Garnet, Henry Highland, 1815-1882.
Newspaper or publication: North Star
Sermon regarding brotherly love, honoring God, and trusting in the power of God's love for all men. The speaker offered words of encouragement and hope during troubled times as civil war seemed inevitable.
Description of file(s): PDF 5 page, 1,283 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Pennington, James W. C.
Newspaper or publication: Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford -- Anti-Slavery Pamphlets
A farewell sermon delivered before the Fifth Congregational Church of Hartford, Connecticut, as the speaker left to devote a two year leave of absence to classical study. The speaker also requested the time so that he could deal with his fugitive status. The sermon itself addressed Paul's journey through Macedonia and seemed a metaphor for the speaker's upcoming absence.
Description of file(s): PDF 22 page, 6,197 word document (text and images)
Speaker or author: Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893
Newspaper or publication: AD -- Ontario Archives -- Toronto, Canada -- Mary Shadd Cary Papers
Copyright Permission granted by the Archives of Ontario (August 2007). -- Sermon regarding the role of women in slavery and society in general.
Description of file(s): PDF 9 page, 1,327 word document (text and images)
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Title: Provincial Freeman - June 18, 1859
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)
The writer gives a brief overview of an address given by a representative of the Church of England who traveled to Chatham to speak on "benevolent and philanthropic religious societies."
Description of file(s): one scanned, two columned, newspaper page
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - April 9, 1851
Speaker or author: editor
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer combines a mention of recent church meetings with a brief overview of the presence of schools in the Chatham area.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column
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Title: Voice of the Fugitive - March 12, 1851
Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852)
The writer encourages his readers to read an extract of a sermon about Daniel Webster that is included in another section of the newspaper.
Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column