James Gilliland: The American Preacher Dismissed from His Church for Condemning the Enslavement of Africans
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In the early years of the United States, openly condemning slavery in the South could cost a preacher his position. This was the reality faced by James M. Gilliland, a Presbyterian minister whose opposition to slavery led to his dismissal from his church in South Carolina in 1804. James Gilliland was born on October 28, […]
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