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The Year of Jubilee (1863)

1840:  Rev. William M. Reynolds Supports Garrison's Liberator By Subscribing

1840  Rev. William M. Reynolds was a professor at Pennsylvania College in Gettysburg, and a staunch advocate of abolitionist principles.  He was a founding member of the Adams County Anti-Slavery Society, in 1836, and a delegate to the 1837 Pennsylvania State Anti-Slavery Convention in Harrisburg.

While living in the town of Gettysburg, Reynolds subscribed to William Lloyd Garrison's anti-slavery newspaper, The Liberator. The page from Garrison's account book, below, shows that Rev. William M. Reynolds donated $10.00 to the newspaper, on 17 February 1840.

Notes:
1. The Liberator Cash Book, 1839-1846. p70. Boston Public Library, Digital version at Archive.Org: http://www.archive.org/details/accountbookoflib01mass

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