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title: '“Buttonwood” and a Great Abolitionist'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Clarence Edward Noble Macartney'
date: 1950-12-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Autobiography and Biography'
scriptures:
- 'Philemon 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/macartney-1950-1951-buttonwood-and-a-great-abolitionist
---

# “Buttonwood” and a Great Abolitionist

Sketch of Arthur B. Bradford — earnest abolitionist and founder of the Free Presbyterian Church who later became a freethinker. Author defends Christianity’s role in ending slavery.

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