Volunteer finds the Holy Grail of abolitionist-era Baptist documents in Massachusetts
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Baptist Lost Slavery Document Historian Jennifer Cromack holds a recently found, 178-year-old anti-slavery scroll at Grotonwood, the home mission of The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts, Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Groton, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (Charles Krupa/AP)
Baptist Lost Slavery Document Historian Jennifer Cromack points out the word "Slavery" on a recently found, 178-year-old anti-slavery scroll at Grotonwood, the home mission of The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts, Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Groton, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (Charles Krupa/AP)
Baptist Lost Slavery Document Rev. Diane Badger unfurls a recently found, 178-year-old anti-slavery scroll at Grotonwood, the home mission of The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts, Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Groton, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (Charles Krupa/AP)
Baptist Lost Slavery Document Historian Jennifer Cromack, left, and Rev. Diane Badger unfurl a recently found, 178-year-old anti-slavery scroll which was found in a storage box at Grotonwood, the home mission of The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts, Thursday, June 26, 2025, in Groton, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) (Charles Krupa/AP)