While white Southern Baptist elites fervently defend bondage as God’s will for blacks and fret over the possibility of a future without riches and comfort derived from the labor of black slaves, Northern (American) Baptists celebrate the impending freedom that they feel certain is the future of all blacks, as well as the will of…
In today’s edition of the North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder, editor J. D. Hufham skips over specific news of battle developments, news that is simply too troublesome to be able to paste over with optimistic platitudes. Instead, Hufham turns to that most trusted of sources among Baptists: the Bible. The editor’s message to North Carolina…
Following Union General Phil Sheridan’s recent successful cavalry raid that disrupted Confederate supply lines and caused havoc six miles north of Richmond, the rumors have been flying: black soldiers are on the prowl, beating up white citizens and stealing the riches of prominent Richmond-area families. Today’s Richmond Daily Dispatch publishes a report, submitted by an…