Actions
- Presbyterian minister
- Co-founded the American Temperance Society
- Published multiple sermons on intemperance that were spread widely in America and Europe
- Anti-Catholic feelings led him to write a nativist essay called "Plea for the West"
- Following one of his anti-Catholic sermons, a Catholic convent was burned down
- Opposed to "abolitionists" because he thought they were too radical
- Refused to offer classes to black students.
- Co-founded the American Temperance Society
- Published multiple sermons on intemperance that were spread widely in America and Europe
- Anti-Catholic feelings led him to write a nativist essay called "Plea for the West"
- Following one of his anti-Catholic sermons, a Catholic convent was burned down
- Opposed to "abolitionists" because he thought they were too radical
- Refused to offer classes to black students.
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