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Beecher Chapel marker

Presbyterian and Congregational settlers in Galesburg formed the town's Old First Church in 1837. By the 1850s, their unity fractured over Congregationalists' opposition to some southern Presbyterians' support of slavery. In 1858 Congregationalists…

Tags: antislavery, Congregationalists, Edward Beecher, Galesburg, Illinois, slavery, Underground Railroad

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