
A Fuller Measure of Witherspoon on Slavery
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Witherspoon's Slavery
Witherspoon baptized a runaway slave in Scotland, taught free blacks at Princeton. He believed no man had the right to take away the liberty of another based on a superior power. As chairman of the New Jersey Committee, considering abolition, Witherspoon did not oppose slavery.
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