Contributors: Hitchcock, Roswell D. (Roswell Dwight) 1817-1887, Plymouth Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: The Independent
Description: Sermon in favor of the Emancipation Proclamation, arguing that it will allow freed African-Americans to help the Union in the war effort. Alternate title: Discourse by R.D. Hitchcock. Notes: Caption title. "Delivered in Plymouth church, Brooklyn, September 11th, 1864, and published at the unanimous request of the congregation." "For sale at the office of The Independent ... and by… more
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