What did Jacob and his family say about slavery?
Jacob and Emeline s families all supported the abolitionist movement, and were strongly in favor of the war effort. In a dramatic letter written on January 1, 1863, the date the Emancipation proclamation went into effect, Jacob s father wrote: It is therefore as I said before, God s war, and the object is to abolish slavery and punish the nation for its sins, especially that of slavery and to install the black man in to his natural and inalienable rights, and the sooner the government [and] the army recognize this aspect and act upon it the sooner we will have peace. [That] will be our punishment and the more complete and glorious will be our triumph. But if we as a nation refuse to acknowledge the rights of the black man then it may cost us our national existence. Jacob s grandfather was Joseph Ritner, who had served as Governor of Pennsylvania from 1835 to 1839. ยท What are the P.E.O. Sisterhood connections? The P.E.O. Sisterhood, one of the pioneer societies of women, was founded sho
