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Green Mountain Freeman
Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont
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Rev. Matthew Tate died on October 6, 1795, in Beaufort, South Carolina, at age 46. His will directed publication in Charleston newspapers of his conviction that dying in possession of a slave would prevent entry into heaven, and requested Dr. Rush in Philadelphia to publicize it.
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Died, on the 6th of Oct. last, at Beaufort in South Carolina, the Rev. Matthew Tate, in the 46th year of his age.
In his will were the following paragraphs
'I enjoin it upon my executors, to publish it in all the newspapers in Charleston, that I depart this life under a full persuasion, that if I died in possession of a slave, I should not conceive myself admissible into the kingdom of Heaven.'
'Acquaint Dr. Rush, of Philadelphia, of my decease, and request him to publish the above in that city.'
That was before South Carolina was wholly given over to tyranny—before the spirit of the revolution had entirely died out.—Essex Transcript.
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Beaufort In South Carolina
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6th Of Oct. Last
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died in the 46th year of his age; will instructions for anti-slavery publication
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Rev. Matthew Tate died at Beaufort in South Carolina. His will included paragraphs enjoining executors to publish his persuasion against dying in possession of a slave for heavenly admission, and to acquaint Dr. Rush of Philadelphia for publication there.