George Tillotson

George Jeffrey Tillotson
Name
George Tillotson
First Name
George
Last Name
Tillotson
Born
1805
Died
1888
Profession
Minister
Note
Gives opening prayer at Windham County Peace Society meeting August 1832, when WHB made his poetic debut.
Presided over marriage of Prudence Crandall and Calvin Philleo
Helped fund an HBCU in Texas that bears his name
Yale graduate
Extensive correspondance in the BPL Anti-Slavery collection
Related Places
Windham County Map 1856Connecticut - Eastern
1874 Map of TexasTexas
Associated Causes
Sign Against Drinking - Adobe Stock Educational LicenseTemperance
War vs. ChristianityPeace
Symbol of Mapping The Freedmen's Bureau websiteFreedmen, Aid to
Liberty BellAbolition
Religious Affiliation
Congregational
Windham County Peace Society
Windham County Education Society
Windham County Temperance Society
Item sets
Burleigh Project People
Burleigh Resources ALL
Media
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Linked resources

Windham County Peace Society Meeting August 1832Windham County Peace Society meeting, with poetic debut of William Henry Burleigh

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