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"Minute on Slavery"
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"Minute on Slavery"

1818 Colonial & Early National (1746-1820)

Ashbel Green's report on the relationship of slavery to the Presbyterian church, written for the 1818 General Assembly and cited as the opinion of the church for decades after.

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Minutes of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America From Its Organization A.D. 1789 to A.D. 1820 Inclusive (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1847), 692-694.

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