#37 Henry Ward Beecher and Plymouth Church

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Places & Travel

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2008

⏱️ 22 minutes

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We've never done such a saucy show -- full of sex, lies, and petticoats. Meet Henry Ward Beecher, Brooklyn Heights' most notorious resident, and find out about the fascinating and provocative history of the church that turned him into a national celebrity. www.boweryboyspodcast.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys

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0:00.0	Episode 37 of The Bowery Boys, Henry Ward Beecher, and The Scandals at Plymouth Church.
0:06.3	Hey, it's The Bowery Boys!
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0:23.2	Hello there and welcome to The Bowery Boys.
0:25.2	My name is Greg Young.
0:26.4	Tom is off galavanting somewhere in Europe, and I hate to say this, but he is missing a
0:32.5	pretty hot topic on this show, probably the most provocative topic in the history of
0:38.0	The Bowery Boys.
0:39.0	Henry Ward Beecher was a 19th century minister that most of you probably know a little bit
0:44.0	about, and some of you may not know anything about, and his Brooklyn home of worship, The
0:48.0	Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, as it's known today, is fairly modest in comparison
0:52.8	to New York's other big churches, but don't let that fool you.
0:57.2	Beecher did more than almost any other 19th century white male New Yorker, or rather,
1:02.5	Brooklynite, as at this time it wasn't actually consolidated as part of New York yet, so we're
1:07.2	just talking about Brooklyn.
1:08.2	Anyway, he did more than in promoting the causes of the abolition of slavery, women's
1:13.2	rights, and in general, the development of religious thought down like more liberal
1:17.8	and progressive paths.
1:19.2	He also permanently damaged his reputation in all those causes by embroidering himself
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