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Tag Archives: black slavery

Baptists and the American Civil War: December 10, 1865

Mere days after the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution eradicating slavery throughout the nation, white citizens of Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Old Confederacy, remain defiant in defending white supremacy and black subservience. In many homes, however, fathers are absent, having lost their lives during the war. Thus the…

December 10, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Slavery

Baptists and the American Civil War: February 23, 1865

Within the past ten days, Columbia, SC, Charleston, SC and Wilmington, NC have all fallen to Federal forces. The one remaining major Confederate city in the main theater of war is Richmond, VA, the Confederate capital. While national and state civil leaders, in addition to many white religious leaders, remain ideologically defiant in the defense…

February 23, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
African Slavery

Baptists and the American Civil War: January 5, 1865

The fall of Savannah continues to ripple throughout the North and South. News of the event reaches the West coast this week, whereupon this day a group of citizens in Los Angeles assembles to organize a Soldier’s Aid Society to assist injured Union soldiers. Additional chapters are formed on both coasts in the weeks following,…

January 5, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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