Reverend Jonathan Elliot Edwards, II

Jonathan Edwards, Jr., (1745-1801), was, like his more famous father, a Congregationalist minister. He served at the White Haven Church in New Haven, Connecticut, and later became president of Union College in Schenectady, New York. In this sermon, Edwards presented forceful arguments against ten common pro-slavery positions. One of the earliest anti-slavery publications in the Library of Congress collections, the sermon demonstrates the existence of strong anti-slavery feeling in the early days of the republic.

Injustices and Impolicy of the Slave Trade and of the Slavery of Africans . . . , Title page Jonathan Edwards [Jr.], Author New Haven: Thomas & Samuel Green, 1791 Rare Book and Special Collections Division

Sources:

• http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/afam005.html
• http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/exhibit/aopart3.html#03a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Edwards_(the_younger)