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Start Over Collection Charleston Bible Society Records, 1815-2010 ✖ Contributing Institution South Carolina Historical Society ✖ Date 1822 ✖

Date:: 1822
Description:: A draft of a letter from Charles C. Pinckney to South Carolina Governor Thomas Bennett asking that "he declare a statewide day of thanksgiving and prayer to honor the Almighty for having spared Charleston" from a slave uprising led by Denmark Vesey. The letter also requests that the governor not support any legislation "unfavorable to the use of the Bible among negroes."

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