Far away from the battlefields and the contraband camps in which many New Yorkers serve the cause of freedom for all, open space in New York City is becoming all the more rare. The growth in the density of New York City is now impacting the Madison Avenue Baptist Church, a congregation seeking to make…
St. Augustine, Florida, like many other Southern coastal communities, is under the control of the United States Army. Into these Union-controlled coastal areas flow increasing numbers of freed or escaped slaves. The U.S. military, in response, struggles to establish structures to house and educate freedmen under their protection. This month the Rev. Issac. W. Brinckerhoff,…
Christmas is not yet a national holiday, nor do Baptists North or South recognize the day as either a holiday or a holy day. However, the era of modern Christmas celebrations is presaged with an illustration by illustrator and cartoonist Thomas Nast, who this holiday season publishes in Harper’s Weekly what is considered to be the…