The church and the people: a dissertation upon the responsibility of the church in view of the condition of the people
New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co., Printers, 1866. Pamphlet. 18p. pamphlet, very good. Third edition, with a new preface noting the continuing applicability of the piece even after the conclusion of the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
Though he does not mention it in this essay, Samuel Keese, a Quaker, was the organizer of an Underground Railroad depot in the upstate New York town of Peru, where people who had escaped from slavery were hidden in buildings on his property and given supplies for their further journeys.
Cat.No: 281600
Price: $250.00
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