Norton, Herman. Record of Facts concerning the Persecutions at Madeira in 1843 and 1846 : the Flight of a Thousand Converts to the West India Islands; and also the Sufferings of those who arrived in the United States. New-York: The American and Foreign Christian Union | Stereotyped and Printed by D. Fanshaw, 1849. Second Edition, with a Supplement, Sketching the History to October, 1849. [11849]
Teal publisher's cloth with blind-stamped boards, gilt design to spine, even wear with very good edges & corners, 6 x 4 inches, tight. Frontispiece engraving of three of the persecuted Christians; one additional engraved portrait. 228 pp., light foxing; thin edge stain to the first couple of pages. Good. Hardcover.
The true account of the persecution of Protestant converts in Madeira, their escape to Trinidad and other West Indies Islands, and the assistance of the American Protestant Society to bring some of the refugees to the United States. These for the most part settled in Illinois on land purchased by the Society. Includes vivid accounts of mob violence conducted against the Protestants of Madeira.
Herman Norton (1799-1851), b. New Hartford, NY; d. New York City. A Presbyterian minister, he was educated at Hamilton College and at Auburn Theological Seminary, and was pastor of several churches, including in New York City. In 1843 he was chosen a corresponding secretary of the American Protestant Society, later called the American Foreign and Christian Union.
"In the suffering of the exiles from Madeira he took a very deep interest. It was greatly owing to him that so many of them came to this country. His efforts on their behalf were incessant, from the time of their landing in New York till the last company left for Illinois, in the month of November, 1850. The excellent volume from his pen, entitled Record of Facts concerning the Persecutions at Madeira, in which the history of that suffering people is faithfully given, has been extensively read, and is an enduring monument of his heartfelt interest in their behalf." - M'Clintock & Strong, The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature.
