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title: 'Memorial, of the Presbytery of Georgia to the Presbyteries of the Southern States, on the Religious Instruction of the Negroes'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'William McWhir'
date: 1846-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Domestic Missions'
- 'Slavery'
- 'Race Relations and Slavery'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 23'
- 'Ephesians 6'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mcwhir-1846-memorial-of-the-presbytery-of-georgia-to-the-presbyteries-of-the-southern-states-on-the-religious-instruction-of-the-negroes
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# Memorial, of the Presbytery of Georgia to the Presbyteries of the Southern States, on the Religious Instruction of the Negroes

An 1846 Southern Presbyterian memorial urging churches to evangelize enslaved Black people, proposing the Assembly's Board of Domestic Missions supply ministers and permanent religious instruction.

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