Thomas Galt, the Glossary
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
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.
- 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
- Abraham Shepherd
- Albert Barnes (theologian)
- Amos Noë Freeman
- Barton W. Stone
- Benjamin Rush
- Charles Beecher
- Charles Grandison Finney
- Charles Hodge
- David Nelson (abolitionist)
- David Rice (Presbyterian minister)
- Elihu B. Washburne
- Elijah Parish Lovejoy
- Erasmus D. McMaster
- Frederick Starr (reverend)
- George Brown (Canadian politician)
- George Bryan
- George Bush (biblical scholar)
- Henry Highland Garnet
- Hezekiah Balch
- Horatio Stockton Howell
- Isaac L. Anderson
- James Carlile
- James Drummond MacGregor
- James G. Birney
- James Miller McKim
- James Newton Gloucester
- Jeremiah Chamberlain
- Jeremiah Rankin
- John Rankin (abolitionist)
- Loring D. Dewey
- Lyman Beecher
- Mark Twain
- Mary Ann McCracken
- Matthias W. Baldwin
- Philip Lindsley
- Philo Carpenter
- Ralph Wardlaw
- Robert L. Stanton
- Samuel Cornish
- Samuel Crothers
- Samuel Doak
- Samuel Hanson Cox
- Theodore S. Wright
- Thomas Galt
- William King (minister)
- Zachariah Chandler
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Galt
Also known as Galt, Thomas.