Response to the Black Law
Thomas Williams
The Unionist 1833-08-08
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“She was in her own house, and as we suppose in her native State, using her own property, talents and time for the noblest purposes, according to the sentiments of President Dwight, which we lately published in this paper. For this christian and noble employment, she is taken by the violent hand of persecution and confined in a prison. What were the complaints and censures against Georgia, for similar conduct towards the imprisoned missionaries? Is such conduct in New-England, in Connecticut, less sinful, shameful, unjust and cruel? Whose life, liberty and pursuit of happiness are safe, if a christian lady is exposed to imprisonment for obedience to the dictates of her conscience and the evident requirements of piety, patriotism and philanthropy?”
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The Rhode Island Philanthropist was co-edited by Rev. Thomas Williams, a staunch ally of Prudence Crandall. His reference to the imprisoned missionaries in Georgia concerns the case of Worcester v. Georgia (1832), in which the Supreme Court attempted to stand by the rights of the Cherokee People. President Jackson famously ignored the Supreme Court's ruling, which paved the way for the eventual Trail of Tears.
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