Report of the Committee of Correspondence with Southern ecclesiastical bodies on slavery
Subtitle: to the General Association of Massachusetts
Contributors: Sessions, Alexander J. (Alexander Joseph), 1809-1892
Series: Slavery and anti-slavery: a transnational archive. Part 3: The institution of slavery; Slavery & anti-slavery
Publisher: J.P. Jewett and Co.
Published: 1844
Place of publication: Salem [Mass.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 23
Subjects: Slavery; Slavery and the church; Congregational churches; Presbyterian Church
Other titles: Report on slavery
Notes: "Published by vote of the Association."

A general letter (appended, p. [21]-23) was sent to 30 presbyteries belonging to both divisions of the Presbyterian Church in the Southern states. Replies are given with the committee's comments.

Signed (p. 20): "Alex J. Sessions, Josiah Clark, Orin Fowler [and] Jacob Ide, Committee of Gen. Assoc. Mass."

Reproduction of the original from the The American Antiquarian Society.