1854 3,000 CLERGY RESIST SLAVERY EXPANSION. Rare Clergy Petition against Catastrophic "Nebraska Bill." Prayer and Prayer Meetings Minister of the Particular Baptists

Minister of the Particular Baptists

but attractive and solid

who was a Presbyterian divine in New York during the early 1800's

*Muck-a-Tay Mich-E-Kaw-Kaik

1854 3,000 CLERGY RESIST SLAVERY EXPANSION. Rare Clergy Petition against Catastrophic "Nebraska Bill." Prayer and Prayer Meetings Minister of the Particular BaptistsA very scarce response by Senators of every persuasion, including Stephen. A. Douglas, Sam Houston [of Texas], etc., responding to a pivotal moment that re consolidated a waning abolitionist movement in local Churches all across New England, ultimately leading to the kind of support from the Church the Federal Government would need to rally support for the Civil War. To my knowledge, this is the single most direct, widespread action of direct petition