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Alabama Conference
(1)
Speaker or Author:
Watkins, William J.
Newspaper:
Frederick Douglass' Paper (1851 - 18??)
Date Published:
1855-02-02
Notes: b>
The writer tells his readers that while dancing and gambling were condemned at a recent Methodist-Protestant convention, no mention was made of slavery. Silence on this subject gave an unspoken approval of it by the Church.