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1. Religious Instruction of the Colored Population. A Sermon Preached by the Rev. John B. Adger, In The Second Presbyterian Church, Charleston, S.C. May 9th, 1847.

Religious Instruction of the Colored Population. A Sermon Preached by the Rev. John B. Adger, In The Second Presbyterian Church, Charleston, S.C. May 9th, 1847.
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1889
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A sermon delivered by Reverend John B. Adger in The Second Presbyterian Church, Charleston, S.C. May 9th, 1847. The speech stresses the master's caring for enslaved people, often quoting the New Testament and Old Testament. References to Jesus's compassion for the care and teaching of the poor. Stresses the role of paternalism in the treatment of enslaved peoples and teaching of the gospel. Originally bound in v. 22 of the Thomas Smith Grimke pamphlet collection.

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