Rev. Jonathan Cable

Liberator (Boston, Mass.)  Dec. 31, 1847

Willimam Lloyd Garrison’s Liberator

Rev. Jonathan Cable

The New School Presbyterian Synod of Indiana, have declared against Slavery by resolving unanimously that it should be made a disciplinary offense by the church. This noble decision on the part of that body, may be credited to the indefatigable labors of the Rev. Jonathan Cable; the only minister we ever knew, belonging to a Pro-Slavery Church, that dare serve God by serving humanity.

It is said that a large minority of that respectable Synod, are ready to dissolve their connection with the General Assembly, because of the pro-slavery character. This is right. This is making progress. Let us ‘thank God and  take courage’ and ‘never give up.’

Farmer’s Cabinet (Amherst, N.H.)  Jan. 31, 1850

National Christian Anti-Slavery Convention– Messrs. Samuel Lewis,  W. H. Brisbane, S. H.(sic) Chase, B. P. Aydelotte, Charles B. Boynton, Jonathan Cable and other Cincinnati gentlemen having been appointed a Committee for the purpose of calling a Convention of Christians to consider upon the connection of the American Church with the sin of Slaveholding, invite their fellow-Christians of all denominations to assemble in Convention at Cincinnati on the 17th of April to deliberate upon the subject.

“From Jonathan Cable’s Autobiography.”  (as written down by a relative “joyce”)

1856: We formed a free Synod and members of the Old and New school that were opposed to slavery were invited to unite”  ending two-thirds of a page later with  “they sold out to the Free Will Baptists.”