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Samuel Hopkins (clergyman)
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Samuel Hopkins (September 17, 1721-December 20, 1803) was an American clergyman of the late colonial era and early United States.
He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut. He created a religious system, known as "Hopkinsianism" or "The New Divinity", that bears his name. He had studied theology with Jonathan Edwards in Northampton, Massachusetts, having graduated from Yale College in 1741.
His religious system is also sometimes called Hopkinsism or Hopkinsianism. It bears a passing resemblance to Calvinism.
During the American Revolution, Hopkins voiced his opposition to the institution of slavery. He published a pamphlet entitled, "A Dialogue Concerning the Slavery of the Africans," which was addressed "To the Honorable Members of the Continental Congress, Representatives of the Thirteen United American Colonies."