Ichabod Spencer

Ichabod Smith Spencer (February 23, 1798 – November 23, 1854) was a popular 19th-century American Presbyterian preacher and author.

Spencer was descended from Thomas Spencer, an early settler of Hartford, Connecticut, who died in 1687.

Spencer has been characterised by some as "pro-slavery", for among his most prominent works was The Religious Duty of Obedience to the Law, which specifically called for obedience to the Fugitive Slave Law, contending that resistance to the slave law constituted "positive rebellion against government; and either the resistance must be crushed, or the government be overturned".