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Sunderland was born on November 22, 1819, to Asa and Olive (Wolcott) Sunderland in the town of Shoreham, Vermont.
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Sunderland was born on November 22, 1819, to Asa and Olive (Wolcott) Sunderland in the town of Shoreham, Vermont.
After spending his childhood in Shoreham, he attended Middlebury College a few miles away and graduated from there in 1838, later receiving a Doctor of Divinity in 1855 from the same school.
He taught for some time before attending the Union Theological Seminary in the City of New New York In 1857, he began to preach in favor of the abolition of slavery, a courageous act in a city that was essentially a conservative Southern town. A further courageous act was allowing Frederick Douglass to preach from the pulpit in 1866.
Sunderland was appointed to the office of Chaplain of the Senate in 1861, serving for three years.
He resigned in 1864 to accept the post of Pastor of the American Chapel in Paris, France. Following his return to Washington, he also served several terms as chaplain of the United States. House of Representatives and the United States. Senate.
He served as the president of Howard University from 1867 to 1869, and on the first board of directors of Gallaudet College in Washington. When Grover Cleveland was elected president, he began attending Sunderland"s church.
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Sunderland served on the executive committee of the American Colonization Society.
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