Elijah Parish
Elijah Parish (November 7, 1762– October 15, 1825) was a New England clergyman of the early nineteenth century.
Parish was a native of Lebanon, Connecticut. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1785. In the early nineteenth century he was a leading opponent of the Jeffersonian Republican Party and brought issues of slavery into his political discourse. Parish was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1813.[1]
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- Parish biography
- Mason, Matthew. Slavery and Politics in the Early American Republic. (2006) ISBN 978-0-8078-3049-9.
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- 1762 births
- 1825 deaths
- American clergy
- Dartmouth College alumni
- Members of the American Antiquarian Society
- American Christian clergy stubs