Lot 97
Unitarian Ministers Take a Stand on Slavery in the United States. A fine pair of letters in which two Unitarian ministers write another minister, Reverend Samuel Northrup, concerning the position of the Unitarian Church on slavery. The first, an autograph letter signed ("C. Stanton") by Rev. Caleb Stanton, 1 page, 10 x 8", n.p., n.d. (ca. 1845), concerns a petition that Unitarian ministers had been asked to sign that protested slavery. The second is an autograph letter signed ("N.L. Frothingham") by Nathaniel Frothingham of Boston, 2 pages, recto & verso, n.p., February 13, 1844. Stanton expresses his unwillingness to address "the whole black subject" in his church. In 1844 and 1845, Unitarian ministers in the U.S. were urged by their British counterparts to take a stronger position against slavery. These measures were met with a mixed reception by the Unitarian ministers. Estimated Value $200 - 400
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