Beriah Green

Beriah Green, Jr. (March 24, 1795 – May 4, 1874) was an American reformer and noted abolitionist. Greene was born in Preston, Connecticut. He graduated from Middlebury College, Vt., in 1819, and then studied for the ministry at Andover Theological Seminary (1819-20) but his religious beliefs did not agree with any denominational creed. In 1821 he was made professor of sacred literature in Western Reserve College in Hudson, Ohio. The American Colonization Society (ACS) was very controversial at Western Reserve College. Students and faculty often had debates on the subject. At this time, William Lloyd Garrison became a great influence to Green. In 1832, Green used the chapel four Sundays in a row to attack the ACS and its supporters. This...