A sermon preached before the incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts: at their anniversary meeting in the parish church of St. Mary-le-Bow, on Friday, February 21, 1794
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Title
A sermon preached before the incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts: at their anniversary meeting in the parish church of St. Mary-le-Bow, on Friday, February 21, 1794
Collection
Sidney Lapidus Slavery and Abolition Collection
Names
Cleaver, William, 1742-1815 (Author)
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain) (Author)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1794
Place: London
Publisher: Printed by S. Brooke
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
Shelf locator: SC Rare E 16-5 (Lapidus Collection)
Subjects
Slavery
Slave trade
Abolitionists
African Americans
Blacks
Enslaved persons
Abolition movement
Antislavery movements
Church of England
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain)
Missions
Sermons, English -- 18th century
Genres
Notes
Content: Sermon text on Mark XVI, 15.
Ownership: Copy in SC Rare E 16-5 (Lapidus Collection) inscribed: in ink, on t.p., "R. Finch." NN
Physical Description
Extent: Disbound. 24 cm.
Abstract
"An abstract of the charter, and of the Proceedings of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, from ... February, 1793, to ... February, 1794" (p. 27-55) has running title: An abstract of the Proceedings of the Society. Pp. 57-79 includes "List of the members", and "List of the bishops, deans &c. who have preached before the Society."
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Identifiers
Library of Congress Control Number: 34022111
RLIN/OCLC: 9857411
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20904364
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8ced6cd0-e7b5-0133-f6cf-00505686a51c
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1794
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "A sermon preached before the incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts: at their anniversary meeting in the parish church of St. Mary-le-Bow, on Friday, February 21, 1794" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1794. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8ced6cd0-e7b5-0133-f6cf-00505686a51c
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1794). A sermon preached before the incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts: at their anniversary meeting in the parish church of St. Mary-le-Bow, on Friday, February 21, 1794 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8ced6cd0-e7b5-0133-f6cf-00505686a51c
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "A sermon preached before the incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts: at their anniversary meeting in the parish church of St. Mary-le-Bow, on Friday, February 21, 1794" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8ced6cd0-e7b5-0133-f6cf-00505686a51c
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