Slavery & Abolition in the US
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Van Dyke, Henry Jackson
Van Dyke, Henry J. The Character and Influence of Abolitionism: A Sermon Preached in the First Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, N.Y., on Sunday Evening, December 9, 1860. Washington, DC: Henry Polkinhorn, 1860.
In this widely reprinted sermon, Van Dyke argues that Christianity is not a good defense for the abolitionist movement.
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