Grosvenor, Cyrus Pitt, 1792-1879

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Dates

Existence: 1792 - 1879

Biography

Cyrus Pitt Grosvenor (October 18, 1792 – February 11, 1879) was an American Baptist minister known for his anti-slavery views. He founded the abolitionist American Baptist Free Mission Society, which did not allow slaveowners to be missionaries, and refused their contributions, prefiguring the split in the Baptist Church in America into Southern and Northern associations. He helped found and served as the first president of New York Central College, the first college in the United States to admit both women and Blacks on an equal basis from its first day, and the first college to employ Black professors. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1818.

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Asa Lyon letter

Collection

Identifier: Mss 818101

Mss 818101

Date(s): 1818-01-01

Abstract

In English.