tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post7599059941843452469..comments2024-02-06T03:23:37.329-08:00Comments on No Jesus, No Peas: Abolitionist Clergymen?James Sweethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212877636980569324noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post-43530329281220495612009-06-18T18:08:22.430-07:002009-06-18T18:08:22.430-07:00Hmmm... well, first I should admit up front that f...Hmmm... well, first I should admit up front that for the most part, I was just slavishly following the list from Wikipedia. So there are probably some in here that don't belong.<br /><br />It seems that the argument for "Spoons" being an abolitionist is that he refused to return slaves to their owners... but it appears the reason he did so was less out of principle, and more so that he could get cheap labor. <br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin_Butler_(politician)#Civil_War" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia blurb</a><br /><br />It's possible the former slaves had a somewhat better life working for the Union army than for Southern plantation owners, as the Wikipedia entry seems to imply... but I agree this is a piss-poor argument to classify him as an "abolitionist".<br /><br />I've also been told that Lucretia Mott should probably be under the "clergy" category. She was a Quaker, and while Quakers don't actually have clergy per se, her job was pretty much to go around being a Quaker preacher.<br /><br />So there are definitely some errors in this list, but I am pretty sure the overall conclusion is still valid.James Sweethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17212877636980569324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post-678481220420220382009-06-18T17:47:33.656-07:002009-06-18T17:47:33.656-07:00Benjamin "Spoons" Butler was an abolitio...Benjamin "Spoons" Butler was an abolitionist? I thought he was just an opportunist.Shayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527241089629026268noreply@blogger.com