---
title: 'The Old School Presbyterian Church on Slavery'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'James Patterson'
date: 1857-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Slavery'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Exodus 21'
- 'Matthew 7'
- 'Colossians 4'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/patterson-1857-the-old-school-presbyterian-church-on-slavery
---

# The Old School Presbyterian Church on Slavery

1857 Presbyterian pamphlet condemning American slavery. It cites General Assembly acts (1794, 1818) as biblical condemnations and urges the church to abolish the practice.

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