Defeated in their attempt to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, the United States is all the more determined to emancipate African slaves and limit white freedoms in the South–so charges a Baptist editorial this week. Our enemies foiled in their plans of subjugation and disappointed in their expectations of easy conquest, like a wounded…
Amidst the tumult of war, humor occasionally makes an appearance in the Baptist press of the South. Such is the case in regards to a short piece published in this week’s North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder. A man who had recently been elected a Major of the Militia, and who was not overburdened with brains,…
Cut off from the North and the world, the Confederacy struggles economically. Soaring inflation and shortages of food and clothing create unrest and uncertainty among the wealthy and poor alike. Southern Baptist army missionary and colporteur A. E. Dickinson of Virginia, however, offers a solution to banks and wealthy individuals who may be hoarding cash.…