In the midst of the great conflict over slavery that is consuming the resources and human lives of the Confederate States of America, Southern Baptists remain concerned about personal piety and morality. Among the many human activities that Southern Baptists consider sinful is that of dancing. Today’s edition of the Biblical Recorder reminds readers of…
Southern Baptist newspapers have not yet weighed in on the Emancipation Proclamation, but today’s edition of the secular Richmond Enquirer offers a few unkind words about Abraham Lincoln‘s legal freeing of Confederate slaves, calling it “the most startling political crime, and the most stupid political blunder, yet known in American history…Southern people have now only…
Michigan’s oldest black congregation, the Second Baptist Church, was founded in 1836 by thirteen former slaves. In 1839 the congregation established the city’s first school for black children. Second Baptist’s first pastor, the Reverend William C. Monroe, was a noted anti-slavery activist. In 1843 Monroe presided over the first State Convention of Colored Citizens, which…