A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding light on the church's support for ending slavery.

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A church in a historic New Jersey town was being restored for a theater company's use. Contractors found a letter from 1891 in its rafters.

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A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding light on the church's support for ending slavery.