Black Abolitionist Archive | Where are the Colored Ministers of Chatham.

Subtitle: Where are the Colored Ministers of Chatham.

Speaker or author: Cary, Mary Ann Shadd, 1823-1893

Newspaper or publication: Provincial Freeman (1853 - 1859)

The writer asks why when listing the names of ministers in Chatham, another local newspaper had overlooked ministers of African descent.

Description of file(s): one scanned newspaper column

Subjects: Abolitionists--United States; African American abolitionists; Antislavery movements--United States; Slavery; United States--History--19th century

Keywords: Canada; Chatham; Church; newspaper; philanthropy; Planet; preachers; religion; slaves

People: Burritt, Elihu

Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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