George A. Baxter

Who was George A. Baxter?

George Addison Baxter was a graduate of Liberty Hall and returned there as a professor in 1798 and served as president from 1799 until 1829. In 1832 he became a professor at Union Theological Seminary in Prince Edward County. In 1835 he served as acting president of Hampden–Sydney College. His publications include An Essay on the Abolition of Slavery, published in Richmond in 1836. It argued that slaves were better off in slavery than they would be in freedom. It was a response to the rising tide of abolitionist action, especially Brown University's President Francis Wayland. Baxter is buried in Prince Edward County, Virginia.

His family home, Baxter House near Edom, Virginia was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.