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Baptists and the American Civil War: January 10, 1861
Florida becomes the third state to secede from the Union, as state delegates vote 62-7 for disunion. Among the state’s delegates who have speaking parts in the secession debate is James Byeram Owens, a 44-year old Baptist minister and planter who owns 89 slaves, has nine children, and also practices medicine. He represents Marion County,…
Baptists and the American Civil War: January 9, 1861
Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the United States. Among Mississippi’s leading advocates of secession and promoters of the Confederacy is Reuben Davis (1813-1890), a politician/physician/historian/lawyer from a Baptist family. “A true Southerner” and ardent advocate of black slavery, Davis is a renowned lawyer and Mississippi congressman who resigns his congressional seat upon…