A Convenient Seat in God's Temple: The Massachusetts General Colored Association and the Park Street Church Pew Controversy of 1830

Authors

Marc Arkin, Fordham University School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

The New England Quarterly

Volume

89

Publication Date

2016

Keywords

Park Street Church; Massachusetts General Colored Association; Frederick Brinsley; Controversy of 1830

Abstract

The Massachusetts General Colored Association was the most advanced black civil rights organization of its day. In 1830, the MGCA backed a protest against segregated pews in Boston s Park Street Church, an event that provided a crucial opening for the alliance between black abolitionists and William Lloyd Garrison s New England Anti Slavery Society.

Recommended Citation

Marc Arkin, A Convenient Seat in God's Temple: The Massachusetts General Colored Association and the Park Street Church Pew Controversy of 1830, 89 New Eng. Q. 6 (2016)
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