Dual Baptist narratives continue in South Carolina this month, intertwined yet divergent. Many white citizens (including Baptists) of Charleston, South Carolina, a city besieged by nearby Union naval forces since July, have fled inland and northward to Orangeburg. The roster of refugees, mainly women and children, continues to grow as winter looms. An area with…
Following U.S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s Emancipation Proclamation of January , 1863, a group of approximately 75 enslaved blacks escaped from Boone County, Missouri and made their way northward. Many if not most were of the Baptist faith. Accounts indicate that the runaway slaves traveled part of the way by river and were rescued and towed…
Revival season continues among Southern Baptist churches, as reflected this week in a letter to the editor of the North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder. October 6th, 1863 Mr. Editor–Yesterday we closed one of the most interesting meetings that we ever attended at Bethel church. We protracted our monthly meeting from day to day until the…