Baptists and the American Civil War: January 16, 1861
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…