The American Missionary. Vol. XXXVI, No. 3

The American Missionary Association (AMA) was a powerful force for the anti-slavery cause in its infancy. The organization employed several hundred agents preaching the abolitionist cause throughout the United States and their popular magazine, The American Missionary, which began publication in October 1846, was published monthly. This publication also served as the AMA’s most valuable propaganda tool and attributed half of their annual income to funds received in response to appeals in the magazine. Here, the publication describes the AMA’s founding of Hampton Institute in Virginia.