Date of Original
1842/1900

Subject
Clergy--Georgia--Athens
Presbyterian Church--Georgia
Church records and registers--Georgia
Slaves--Georgia
Christian slaves--Georgia
Slavery--Georgia
Enslaved persons--Georgia
African Americans--Social conditions--Georgia
African Americans--Religion--Georgia
Slaves--Social conditions--Georgia
Slavery--Religious aspects--Christianity
Georgia--Race relations
Georgia--History--20th century
Georgia--History--19th century
Georgia--Economic conditions--20th century
Georgia--Economic conditions--19th century
Church membership--Georgia
Genealogy
Church membership--Georgia
Evolution--Religious aspects--Presbyterians
African Americans--Southern States--Religion--History--19th century
Slavery--Southern States
Slaves--Southern States
Enslaved persons--Southern States

Location
United States, Georgia, Clarke County, 33.95117, -83.36733
United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794
United States, Georgia, Hall County, 34.31689, -83.81968
United States, Georgia, Jackson County, 34.13388, -83.56635

Medium
sermons
church records
registers (lists)

Type
Text

Description
Papers belonging to Henry Newton, a Presbyterian preacher raised in Athens who graduated from the University of Georgia in 1841 and the Columbia Theological Seminary in 1845. He served numerous Northeast Georgian churches from 1845-1897. Inside this collection is a sermon register volume, as well as a register embedded within the account book containing a listing of sermons preached (1863-1866) before multiple enslaved and emancipated audiences of African Americans with location details. There are also writings that document early sympathies shown for the theory of evolution within a religious setting, tensions over the question of slavery mounting within the Presbyterian Church, and economic and social conditions throughout Georgia, especially Jackson, Hall, and Clarke counties.

Metadata URL
https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/gcl_hnp

Language
eng

Holding Institution
Columbia Theological Seminary

Rights