Beriah Green graduated from Middlebury College in 1819, where he was valedictorian, and then studied to become a missionary at Andover Theological Seminary .
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12 Facts About Beriah Green
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Beriah Green presided over its founding meeting, and was chosen as its first President.
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Beriah Green accepted the presidency at Oneida on two conditions: that he be allowed to preach immediatism, and that he be allowed to accept African-American students.
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Beriah Green did not believe that it was right to have separate schools for blacks and whites.
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In 1832, Beriah Green began to correspond with Gerrit Smith on the issue of black education.
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Beriah Green was the first president of the American Anti-Slavery Society, formed in 1833 in Philadelphia.
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Beriah Green was famous for refuting the arguments of men who used the Bible to defend slavery.
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Beriah Green had begun to lose favor with conservative Presbyterians, which added to Oneida's troubles.
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Beriah Green led the secession of 59 church members from the Presbyterian church in Whitesboro over the issue of abolition.
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Beriah Green did not like popular democracy and was in favor of an oligarchy or modified theocracy.
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Beriah Green was worried that abolition would not be part of the major party principles.
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Beriah Green supported his wife and children by farming and preaching to small groups of abolitionists.
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