TIMOTHY DWIGHT IV

The staid clergyman who headed Yale solemnly predicted that if Thomas Jefferson were to win the election for President of the United States:

Dwight and many other leading clergy and intellectuals of the day were horrified by the French Revolution, enlightenment liberalism and were paranoid about the "Illumnati" a secret society who were–according to the conspiracy theory–responsible for most wars and depressions in the world who would debauch American daughters. The Illuminati were secretly trying to take over the world's economic and political power structure. To this day, there are some who believe that the Illumnati today control the UN and major multinational corporations and are the New World Order. He believed that Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic Republicans were already instruments of the Illumnati. He repeated this theme in his election sermon 2 years later in 1798. See {18125}.

This is the first formal call for reparations of some kind for slaves after freedom. It is almost always quoted when the issue of reparations for Blacks is discussed. Dwight was not some left wing liberal. Actually he was one of the most conservative Americans at the time. He was an ardent opponent of Thomas Jefferson (see {600384}.) and a staunch supporter of the Federalists. He was one of the major spokesmen for the establishment and upper class of the day. He was also an ardent Christian minister who saw slavery for what it was—an evil sin and an injustice to any humans in that condition.

Dwight and many other leading clergy and intellectuals of the day were horrified by the French Revolution, enlightenment liberalism and were paranoid about the "Illumnati" a secret society who were–according to the conspiracy theory–responsible for most wars and depressions in the world who would debauch American daughters. The Illuminati were secretly trying to take over the world's economic and political power structure. To this day, there are some who believe that the Illumnati today control the UN and major multinational corporations and are the New World Order. He believed that Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic Republicans were already instruments of the Illumnati. He repeated this theme in his election sermon 2 years later in 1798. See {18125}.

The staid clergyman who headed Yale solemnly predicted that if Thomas Jefferson were to win the election for President of the United States:

This is the first formal call for reparations of some kind for slaves after freedom. It is almost always quoted when the issue of reparations for Blacks is discussed. Dwight was not some left wing liberal. Actually he was one of the most conservative Americans at the time. He was an ardent opponent of Thomas Jefferson (see {600384}.) and a staunch supporter of the Federalists. He was one of the major spokesmen for the establishment and upper class of the day. He was also an ardent Christian minister who saw slavery for what it was—an evil sin and an injustice to any humans in that condition.