When was it published?

July 18, 1834 in Alexandria Gazette

Domestic News July 18, 1834

Alexandria Gazette

Q: What keywords are associated?

Abolition Riot, Norwich Conn, Mob Church, Tar And Feathers, Presbyterian Church

Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia

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What is this article about?

A mob in Norwich, Connecticut, disrupted an abolition sermon by dragging the preacher from the pulpit and drumming him out of Rev. Mr. Dickerson's Presbyterian church, threatening tar and feathers if he returned.

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Another Abolition Riot.--On Thursday night last a riot took place at Norwich, Conn. It appears that some person from Boston had the evening previous preached an abolition sermon in the Rev. Mr. Dickerson's first Presbyterian Church in that city, which passed off quietly.--The next evening he made a second attempt, when a mob, headed by a band, marched to the church, proceeded up the broad aisle, took the parson from the pulpit and forced him to march before them, at the same time playing the rogue's march, till they actually drummed him out of the place, threatening if he ever returned again to "give him a coat of tar and feathers."

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What sub-type of article is it?

Riot Or Protest Politics

What keywords are associated?

Abolition Riot Norwich Conn Mob Church Tar And Feathers Presbyterian Church

What entities or persons were involved?

Rev. Mr. Dickerson

Where did it happen?

Norwich, Conn.

Domestic News Details

Primary Location

Norwich, Conn.

Event Date

Thursday Night Last

Key Persons

Rev. Mr. Dickerson

Outcome

preacher forced out of church and threatened with tar and feathers if he returned; no injuries reported.

Event Details

A person from Boston preached an abolition sermon in Rev. Mr. Dickerson's first Presbyterian Church on the evening previous, which passed quietly. The next evening, during a second attempt, a mob headed by a band marched to the church, took the parson from the pulpit, forced him to march before them while playing the rogue's march, and drummed him out of the place.