The war has barely ended and already restrictions are being placed upon freedpersons in the former Confederate capital of Richmond, restrictions in which federal military officials play a notable role. Fields Cook (1817-1897) is a former slave who while a slave learned how to read and write, learned the precepts of Christianity through the kindness…
The annual Alabama Baptist State Convention, still convened in Marion, makes certain, prior to dismissing, to reaffirm the Confederacy as God’s chosen nation. Having already claimed the Christian high ground, at the previous year’s annual meeting, in defending southern rights (i.e, white supremacy and African slavery), delegates in this session address more directly the righteousness…
The annual Alabama Baptist State Convention continues today in Marion. Expressing concern about the availability of Bibles and other Christian literature to Confederate soldiers, delegates take up a collection of $219.75 to distribute Bibles, books and tracts among soldiers. They then pass a resolution: The Baptist General Convention having organized a system of Colportage by…