As the year draws to a close, Southern Baptist leaders convene to evaluate the status of their depleted and financially-stricken mission boards and seek a way forward. “At the time the war commenced the Foreign Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, located in this city, had about thirty-five Missionaries laboring among the heathen. This…

With the anniversary of Emancipation Day drawing nigh, the first since the end of the war, Southern whites in the region’s cities are on alert. A number of Christmas racial day riots in cities across the South have amplified fears that former slaves may cause trouble. In Richmond, the former Confederate capital of which whites…

As white Southerners try to move on with their lives as best as possible, the ladies of Virginia’s (white) Manchester Baptist Church sewing circle enjoy a special dinner and women’s program this day. Many lost family members to the war — husbands, sons or brothers. The day prior the Richmond Daily Dispatch announced the event:…