Joseph Parrish Thompson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Congregationalist minister
Date of Birth: 07-Aug-1819
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 20-Sep-1879
Profession: writer
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Joseph Parrish Thompson
- Joseph Parrish Thompson (1819–1879) was an abolitionist and Congregationalist minister.
- He was pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle Church in New York from 1845 to 1871, (also known as Broadway United Church of Christ and Second Free Presbyterian Church).
- His major life accomplishments include founding The Independent, an anti-slavery religious weekly started in 1848, contributing and managing The New Englander (later re-named the Yale Review), served as president of the American Union Commission, being a member of the committee to create the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, played a major role in the development of 20 Congregational churches in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
- and assisted the Treaty of Berlin with the religious liberty clause.
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