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BackGround Information
Theodore Parker was born on august 24, 1810 Lexington massachusetts -
Interesting Facst
He was the youngest child of a large family and his grandfather was the leader of the militia -
Life experences
He went to college and he fought for equality, he went to school at havard university -
Interesting facts
In 1832, he started his own academy in Watertown, Massachusetts -
Engaged to Lydia Dogde Cabot
He was engaged to to his future wife -
Some skills and Talents
He studied german theology, he spoke latin, greek, hebrew, german, chaldee, syriac Arabic, coptic and Ethiopic. He studed these languages at Harvard University -
Skills
Also Theodore Parker he was a preacher 1834 -
Fact about what he supported
He also did not like the Mexican war as it attempted to expand slavery in Mexico 1837 -
Got married to Lydia Dogde Cabot
Theodore Parker married Lydia Dodge Cabot, she was they youngest child of a wealthy of a Unitarian family -
Why he/she became an abolitionist
He served as the abolitionist minister, he favored racial integration of Boston schools and churches and this made him become an abolitionists -
Affiliations
In 1838 Theodore Parker overheard from Ralph Waldo Emerson delivered his landmark Divinity school address and he found his place in the budding Transcendentalist movement -
Impact on movement
In 1841 Theodore Parker spoke at an ordination service, he wanted to seize this opportunity to say more about his ideas that this was the message that jesus preached and it was very important -
Events taking place around the time he became an abolitionist
In 1843 parker, with the help of a friend went to europe for a year. because of this his view changed from theology to social reforms. -
Interesting facts
In 1845, he began preaching on Sunday mornings to large audiences at the Melodeon Theater in Boston -
Ways he work to end slavery
He fought against many laws that were being passed to help slavery -
Things he did while being an abolitionist
In 1850 parker turned all his efforts towards stopping a law being passed, the fugitive slave act was what parker and his abolitionist tried to stop -
Reasons behind becoming an abolitionist
He saw slavery as an achievement to great industrial democracy, he lead boston to oppose the fugitive slave act of 1850. -
Affiliations
His political affiliations were with the free soil party and in 1852 he voted for John P. Hale -
Interesting fact
In 1854, he was indicted for harboring a fugitive and obstructing justice, adn the charges were eventually dropped -
Dead
He died in Floruence Italy
