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Thomas C. Thornton (October 12, 1794 – March 22, 1860) was an American Methodist writer, minister and educator. Thornton was president of Centenary College of Louisiana from 1841 to 1844. He was also author of a proslavery tract, An Inquiry into the History of Slavery, published in 1841.

Publications

books

• Thornton, Thomas C. (1843). Theological colloquies, or, A compendium of Christian divinity, speculative and practical, founded on Scripture and reason. Baltimore: Lewis & Coleman.

Notes and references

1. Lloyd, James B. (2009). Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967. University Press of Mississippi. p. 434. ISBN 978-1-60473-411-9. Retrieved January 21, 2013.
2. Thornton, Thomas C. (1837). Theological Colloquies: Or, A Compendium of Christian Divinity, Speculative and Practical, Founded on Scripture and Reason. Designed to Aid Heads of Families, Young Men about to Enter the Ministry, and the Youth of Both Sexes, in Their Efforts to Obtain and Communicate a Knowledge of True Piety. Lewis & Coleman.

External links

• books.google version of Thornton's Inquiry into the History of Slavery
• Internet Archive version of Thornton's Inquiry into the History of Slavery

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