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La Roy Sunderland

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La Roy Sunderland was an American minister and abolitionist. He left the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1842 after a dispute over slavery and helped organize the Wesleyan Methodist Church the next year.[1][2][3][4][5] He was also a noted mental philosopher.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ Jacob, J. R. (1972). "La Roy Sunderland: The Alienation of an Abolitionist". Journal of American Studies. 6 (1): 1–17. ISSN 0021-8758.
  2. ^ Padgett, Chris (February 2000). Sunderland, La Roy (1804-1885), Methodist abolitionist and mental theorist. Vol. 1. American Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1500674.
  3. ^ Jervey, Edward D. (1968-04-01). "Laroy Sunderland: Zion's Watchman". Methodist History.
  4. ^ Albanese, Catherine L. (2007-01-01). A Republic of Mind and Spirit: A Cultural History of American Metaphysical Religion. Yale University Press. pp. 199–203. ISBN 978-0-300-13477-3.
  5. ^ Jervey, Edward D. (Spring 1976). "LaRoy Sunderland: "Prince of the Sons of Mesmer"". Journal of Popular Culture. 9 (4): 1010–1026. ProQuest 1297363377.
  6. ^ Taves, Ann (1999-11-14). Fits, Trances, & Visions: Experiencing Religion and Explaining Experience from Wesley to James. Princeton University Press. pp. 124, 127–155. ISBN 978-0-691-01024-3.
  7. ^ Dictionary of Early American Philosophers. Bloomsbury. 2012. pp. 1009–1013.