Black Abolitionist Archive

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Subtitle: Pro-Slavery Religion. Title: Voice of the Fugitive - July 2, 1851 Speaker or author: Bibb, Henry, b. 1815 Newspaper or publication: Voice of the Fugitive (1851 - 1852) Brief note of response to a mention in another newspaper that the Episcopal convention would not accept delegates from the Church of the Crucifixion because some of their members were 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: Christianity; Church; Episcopal; prejudice; relgion; society Publication type: editorials; Newspapers

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