Today in Kansas in the Battle of Mine Creek, Union forces again route Confederates as active Rebel resistance in the far West effectively draws to a close. Meanwhile, Southern elites continue telling common white folk in the South that blacks are happy and fulfilled in slavery, and discontent and unhappy when given freedom. An article…
The war, although perhaps dampening Baptist growth in the United States, has by no means halted the founding of new congregations. Many established within the past year are African Baptist congregations, as their church names note. Growth is also taking place in the Mid-West and the often-new cities in the far West. Among churches started…
Ohio native, outlaw and Confederate raider William Quantrill is on the run with about 300 men. On August 21, Quantrill and some 450 men had attacked Lawrence, Kansas and murdered 183 men and boys. Lawrence was the home of U.S. Senator James H. Lane, a leading voice in keeping slavery out of Kansas. Lane had…