Young Men’s Christian Association Meeting

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The Y.M.C.A. came to North America in 1851, and quickly spread throughout the United States and Canada. Its first purpose was to gather young men for Bible study, but it soon grew beyond that. In 1860, this Greenfield, Massachusetts, event was offering a typical program for the day- a lyceum-type debate (lyceums were public lectures or discussions). The debate posed the many problems the United States was facing in its attempt to grapple with the issue of slavery. Here, two members had worked up arguments in favor of the inevitability of secession, debating two others who argued otherwise.

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Item typeArticle
PublisherGreenfield Gazette and Courier
Date1860-01-30
PlaceGreenfield, Massachusetts
TopicSlavery, Indenture
Organizations, Associations, Societies, Clubs
EraNational Expansion and Reform, 1816–1860
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatPrinting
Dimension detailsProcess Material: printed paper, ink Height: 1.00 in Width: 2.50 in
Catalog #L02.105
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Greenfield Gazette and Courier. “Young Men’s Christian Association Meeting.” January 30, 1860. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l02-105/. Accessed on October 4, 2024.

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