This month in South Carolina the Gethsemane Baptist Association, a colored association of Baptists, is formed with fourteen charter congregations. Later the organization becomes known as the Charleston County Baptist Association. Among the charter congregations are the Morris Street Baptist Church and the Baptist Church in Charleston (later Calvary Baptist Church), respectively the oldest and…
For several months, various parties have attempted to find a way to bring Union and Confederate officials to the table to negotiate a peace settlement. To date, no formal talks have taken place. Nonetheless, a new effort to arrange high level discussions offers a hint of bearing fruit. Francis Preston Blair, Sr., an aged…
Some two centuries after the colony of Maryland first allowed slavery, residents of the state of Maryland this day vote to end the peculiar institution. Although the vote is close overall, some 90% of Maryland soldiers cast ballots for the abolition of slavery. The vote by Marylanders is merely the latest in a long series…