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Thomas Galt (September 12, 1805 – September 12, 1857) was an American Presbyterian minister and abolitionist who organized two Presbyterian churches in Sangamon County, Illinois.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 11 relations: Abolitionism in the United States, Alton, Illinois, Edward Beecher, Elijah Parish Lovejoy, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Illinois Attorney General, Pennsylvania, Presbyterianism, Sangamon County, Illinois, Springfield, Illinois, Underground Railroad.

  2. Presbyterian abolitionists

Abolitionism in the United States

In the United States, abolitionism, the movement that sought to end slavery in the country, was active from the colonial era until the American Civil War, the end of which brought about the abolition of American slavery, except as punishment for a crime, through the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (ratified 1865).

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Alton, Illinois

Alton is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about north of St. Louis, Missouri.

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Edward Beecher

Edward Beecher (August 27, 1803 – July 28, 1895) was an American theologian, the son of Lyman Beecher and the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher. Thomas Galt and Edward Beecher are 19th-century American clergy.

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Elijah Parish Lovejoy

Elijah Parish Lovejoy (November 9, 1802 – November 7, 1837) was an American Presbyterian minister, journalist, newspaper editor, and abolitionist. Thomas Galt and Elijah Parish Lovejoy are 19th-century American clergy and Presbyterian abolitionists.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist. Thomas Galt and Harriet Beecher Stowe are Underground Railroad people.

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Illinois Attorney General

The Illinois attorney general is the highest legal officer of the state of Illinois in the United States.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Presbyterianism

Presbyterianism is a Reformed (Calvinist) Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders.

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Sangamon County, Illinois

Sangamon County is a county located near the center of the U.S. state of Illinois.

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Springfield, Illinois

Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County.

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Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century.

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See also

Presbyterian abolitionists

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Galt

Also known as Galt, Thomas.