Founded in 1833, Canton Baptist Church is the largest Baptist congregation in the state of Illinois. Initially assisted by the American Baptist Home Mission Society, and afterwards involved in denominational work through American Baptist agencies, the Canton congregation by the 1850s achieved a membership of over 500, a remarkable number at that time. Former farmer…
From South Carolina’s Columbia Guardian: We learn from a private source that on Friday eleven guns and gun-carriages were sent down to Morris’ Island, and four placed in the battery at the lower part of the island. The Washington Light Infantry and another company have been sent to Bird’s Key, which commands the point between…
Amidst great excitement, Georgia’s secession convention begins. Yet observers are apprehensive that the vote, to be taken later, will be close (such apprehension would prove to be unfounded). The Christian Index weighs in on the issue of slavery and secession, courtesy of editor Samuel Boykin (pictured). Of slavery: “It is plainly perceptible that slavery is…