Report of the Committee on Slavery, to the Convention of Congregational Ministers of Massachusetts
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Excerpt from Report of the Committee on Slavery, to the Convention of Congregational Ministers of Massachusetts: Presented May 30, 1849 Resolved, That a Committee of nine be appointed to prepare a Report, - to be presented at the next Annual Meeting of this Convention, - containing a brief history of the rise and progress of Slavery in our country, a view of the responsibility of the free States in regard to it, and a calm and temperate, but solemn and earnest appeal to the community on this momentous subject. The following members were appointed: - Dr. Lowell, of Boston; Dr. Hitchcock, of Randolph; Dr. Storrs, of Braintree; Mr. Thompson, of Salem; Dr. Worcester, of Salem; Mr. Briggs, of Plymouth; Mr. Hill, of Worcester; Dr. Child, of Lowell; Mr. Lothrop, of Boston. Thursday, May 31, 1849. Voted, That the Committee on Slavery be authorized to publish the following resolution in connection with their Report: Resolved, That the Convention, having listened to a full Abstract of the Document prepared by the Committee appointed last year to consider and report upon the subject of Slavery, approve of the general principles and results of the same; and without holding themselves responsible for its particular arguments and illustrations, hereby authorize its publication, in such way as said Committee may deem best, and can effect, without drawing upon the funds of the Convention, which are sacredly appropriated to the relief of the widows and orphans of our deceased brethren. A true copy. - Attest, A. C. Thompson, Scribe of Convention. The "Abstract" to which the last vote of the Convention refers, and which was read, the afternoon previous, contained, as is intimated, a Ty full synopsis of the Report. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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