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Baptists and the American Civil War: December 3, 1865

Today a new Baptist congregation is founded in the South. Unlike most in the immediate post-war years of the South, it is a white congregation. In the southern section of Memphis, Tennessee on the corner of Adams and Second Streets, the Central Baptist Church is established. For some years, no other white Baptist church had…

December 3, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

Baptists and the American Civil War: June 28, 1865

John Henry Yates (1828-1897) was born into slavery in Virginia. Although Virginia law forbade the teaching of slaves to read or write, the children of Yates’ master taught a young Yates how to read. The Bible was his favorite book. As a young man he “married” (marriage being informal for slaves, due to state laws)…

June 28, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: January 1, 1865

On this second anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, freedmen North and South celebrate, praising God and giving thanks to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln for leading them out of captivity. For the Confederacy, the storyline of the war has turned into a nightmare. The Southern economy, resting on the free labor of slaves, is in tatters.…

January 1, 2015 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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