Title Page of pamphlet "The Negro Pew"

Title

Title Page of pamphlet "The Negro Pew"

Rights

Public Domain

Type

Book

Creator

Harvey Newcomb

Date

1837

Description

A pamphlet by a white minister that critiqued the Negro Pew as unbiblical. Harvey Newcomb (1803-1863) was active in the Anti-Slavery movement, at least in the 1830s, but is more famous for his support of Sunday Schools and advice books to young people than for his Abolitionism.

Language

English

Place

Boston, Massachusetts

Publisher

The Negro Pew: Being An Inquiry Concerning The Propriety Of Distinctions In The House Of God, On Account Of Color.

Isaac Knapp

Subject

Free Black Civil Rights