Lois Rosebrooks: 1 book
Brooklyn's Plymouth Church in the Civil War Era
A Ministry of Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
As the financial capital of the nation, Manhattan had close ties and strong sympathies with the South. But across the East River in Brooklyn stood a bastion of antislavery sentiment--Plymouth Church--led by Henry Ward Beecher. He guided his congregants in a crusade against the institution. They held...
