Baptists and the American Civil War: March 21, 1861
Alexander H. Stephens is now serving as vice-president of the Confederate States of America. Many Baptist leadersĀ in the South publicly support Stephens, including editors of Baptist newspapers. Today, Stephens gives an impromptu speech in Savannah, Georgia in which he echoes what many Baptists have been saying for months: that slavery is the cause of…