Draft:Theodore Bourne

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Theodore J. Bourne (1822-1910) was a white clergyman who united with African American clergy in New York to found the African Civilization Society.[1] Abolitionist editor George Bourne was his father. Yale University has a collection of his and his family's papers.[2]

African Civilization Society

Correspondence with William Lloyd Garrison accompanied by notes in margins

He corresponded with William Lloyd Garrison.[3][4] He wrote Rev. George Bourne, the pioneer of American antislavery about his father.

References

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  1. ^ "SLAVERY ABOLITION Minutes of the African Civilization Soc".
  2. ^ "Bourne, Theodore, 1822-1910 | Archives at Yale".
  3. ^ "Letter from Theodore Bourne, 48 Warren Street, New York, to William Lloyd Garrison, Dec. 8th, 1863".
  4. ^ "Letter from Theodore Bourne, New York City, N. Y., [ca. 1897] - Digital Commonwealth".