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title: 'The Politico-Social Foundations of Our Republic: A Sermon Preached … On Thanksgiving Day, December 12, 1844'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Samuel Thayer Spear'
date: 1845-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Citizenship and Government'
- 'Slavery'
- 'United States'
- 'Sermons'
scriptures:
- 'Psalms 11'
- 'Romans 13'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/spear-1845-the-politico-social-foundations-of-our-republic-a-sermon-preached-on-thanksgiving-day-december-12-1844
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# The Politico-Social Foundations of Our Republic: A Sermon Preached … On Thanksgiving Day, December 12, 1844

1844 Thanksgiving sermon urging preservation of republican foundations—elective franchise, equal citizenship, and opposition to slave representation and racial disfranchisement.

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