Beriah Green
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Beriah Green (1794-1874) was an American reformer and noted abolitionist.
Green was born in Preston, Connecticut. He graduated from Middlebury College, Vt., in 1819, and then studied for the ministry at Andover Theological Seminary (1819-20) but his religious beliefs did not agree with any denominational creed. In 1821 he was made professor of sacred literature in Western Reserve College, though his violent opposition to slavery caused him to leave that institution after a few months.
From 1823 to 1834 he was president of Oneida Institute in Ohio. When the National Antislavery Convention assembled in Philadelphia in 1834, he served as president of the group. He was one of the warmest friends of Garrison, and exerted a great influence on the antislavery forces. Green authored several books, amongst which are: History of the Quakers (1823) and Sermons and Discourses, with a few Essays and Addresses (1833).
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