CRANSTON MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

The Cranston Memorial Presbyterian Church took an early and uncompromising stand against slavery. Reverend Amos Dresser, Lane Theological Seminary rebel and anti-slavery martyr, was a minister of the church. At its previous location, the church hosted the organizational meeting of the New Richmond Anti-Slavery speakers including James G. Birney, publisher of the Philanthropist newspaper, Calvin Stowe, George Beecher, John Rankin, and Alexander T. Rankin. The church drafted two strongly worded anti-slavery statements to the Cincinnati Presbytery.