Orange Scott, withdrawl from M.E. Church
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: History; Antislavery movements; Abolitionists
Other titles: Amos A. Phelps Correspondence (1821-1847) (Boston Public Library)
Description: This manuscript, suspected to be written in the hand of Edward A. Phelps, the son of Amos A. Phelps, contains notes taken from the sermon preached at Orange Scott́s funeral. It states that Scot withdrew from the Methodist Episcopal Church because of the church́s dependency on slavery and its principles that were neither based on the scripture nor recognized by the primitive church.
Notes: Holograph.

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