In the South, state Baptist convention meetings, this year characterized by expressions of Confederate nationalism, generate news coverage for weeks beyond state boundaries, in news periodicals religious and secular. Today’s Richmond (VA) Daily Dispatch offers a spirited summary of the patriotism of Alabama Baptist leaders as voiced in the recent state meeting of Alabama Baptists.…
White southern slaveholders commonly delude themselves into believing that their slaves love and are loyal to them. During the war, tales of faithful slaves are gleefully spread throughout the Confederacy and publicly held up as evidence against northern charges that African slaves desire freedom and liberty. One such story is printed in this week’s Tennessee…
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…