In the days and weeks following the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved Africans of the Confederacy experience new hope for freedom. For some, the legal freedom granted them by the United States leads to renewed efforts to escape from their masters or stretch the boundaries of their autonomy while yet enslaved. In Fredericksburg, both…
U.S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s Emancipation Proclamation has energized the North in the war for freedom for all. Meanwhile, Southern Baptist leaders do their part to encourage white Southerners in their quest to forever enshrine white supremacy and African slavery in the Confederate States. This week, J. D. Hufham, editor of North Carolina Baptists’ Biblical Recorder,…
In the midst of the great conflict over slavery that is consuming the resources and human lives of the Confederate States of America, Southern Baptists remain concerned about personal piety and morality. Among the many human activities that Southern Baptists consider sinful is that of dancing. Today’s edition of the Biblical Recorder reminds readers of…