Bearing witness: what the church can learn from early abolitionists

Part 1: Giving the faithful dead a vote. Freedom in the time of slavery

David Ruggles: learning to read and reimagine the world

Maria W. Stewart: nurturing the seeds of change

William Still: preserving, renewing, anticipating, and inspiring

Part 2: The twofold work of public witness. Lament as public witness

Burden bearing as public witness

Conclusion: remembering the dead.