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Photographer: Joel Seewald
Taken: April 8, 2017
Caption: Far Upper Right Image
Additional Description: Reverend Tripp 1783-1863 Reverend Tripp, the first Baptist minister in Franklin Township, was a leader of the antislavery movement in the area. Reverend Henry Tripp was a member of the Liberty Party and served as the Vice President of the Lenawee County Anti-Slavery Society in 1846. His most dramatic action occurred at the 1853 Michigan Antislavery Convention. At the convention Reverend Tripp engaged in a fervent debate with William Lloyd Garrison against a proposed resolution condemning all Christian churches for not taking a stand against slavery.
Submitted: May 4, 2017, by Joel Seewald of Madison Heights, Michigan.
Database Locator Identification Number: p381680
File Size: 3.196 Megabytes

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