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1863

Thompson, Joseph Parrish, 1819-1879

Pamphlet

Title: Christianity and emancipation; or, the teachings and influence of the Bible against slavery.

Printed by Anson D. F. Randolph. Thompson is identified as pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle Church. Bound with string. Printed circa May 1863.

GLC05846

1850

Thompson, Joseph Parrish, 1819-1879

Pamphlet

Title: The fugitive slave law; tried by the Old and New Testaments.

Argues against obeying laws from the Fugitive Slave Acts of 1850. Published by William Harned, New York, printed by B. L. Hamlen, New Haven, Connecticut. Reprinted from the New Englander for November 1850. Thompson was the pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle Church.

GLC00267.142

1865

Thompson, Joseph Parrish, 1819-1879

Pamphlet

Title: Abraham Lincoln, his life and its lessons : a sermon, preached on Sabbath, April 30, 1865 by Joseph P. Thompson

Published by the Loyal Publication Society of New York. Number 85 in a series. Discusses and praises Lincoln's intelligence and mental abilities. The last page has been torn off.

GLC02913.05

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