Samuel Boykin (illustration), editor of Georgia Baptists’ Christian Index newspaper, offers a glowing assessment of the future of the Confederate States of America and African slavery: Our young Confederacy has brilliant prospects ahead. Within it are all the elements of Empire; Staples which move the Commerce of the world, vast amounts of finest timber, and…
Confederate President Jefferson Davis writes United States President-elect (and former Baptist) Abraham Lincoln, introducing lawyer and Georgia Baptist layman Martin J. Crawford (illustration) as Confederate Commissioner to the United States: The President of the United States: Being animated by an earnest desire to unite and bind together our respective countries by friendly ties, I have…
The Texas legislator, having previously voted for secession on February 1, today by popular vote affirms Texas’ secession from the United States of America. By a vote of 46,153 for and 14,747 against secession, the popular vote echoes the legislator’s earlier lopsided vote. Afterwards, legislators rewrite the Texas Constitution. Changes to the Constitution include replacing…