Salter, William, 1821-1910
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Salter, William, 1821-1910
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Salter, William (minister)
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Pioneer Congregational minister, abolitionist, author. William Salter, one of the Iowa Band members from the Andover Theological Seminary in Massachusetts, was ordained in Denmark, Iowa in 1843. After spending two years as a circuit rider he became the pastor at the First Congregational Church in Burlington where he remained for over sixty years. Salter publicly opposed slavery, participating in Iowa's underground railroad network and helping to organize support for the free-staters in the Bleeding Kansas conflict. During the Civil War he served in the U.S. Christian Commission, administering aid and religious counsel to soldiers during the Atlanta Campaign. Salter was a prolific author, writing primarily biographies and histories.
Congregational clergyman, author, historiographer, and member of the Iowa Band.
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Abolitionists
Antislavery movements
Atlanta Campaign, 1864
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Congregational churches
Circuit riders
Frontier and pioneer life
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Underground railroad
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