Robert Shaplen’s “Free Love” delves into the adultery case against Henry Ward Beecher, an abolitionist preacher and a presidential hopeful.

Rev. HENRY WARD BEECHER preached his last sermon for the Summer, at Plymouth CHURCH last evening. His discourse was on the go??ment of God. Its beauty and general attractiveness were painted by ...

Congregational pastor Henry Ward Beecher had been a leading voice for the abolition of slavery, so it was exciting that Rev. Beecher would come to Santa Cruz in 1878. He’d preached against sl… ...