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Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Sermon Delivered at the Opening of the Convention of the Diocese of Virginia
Author: A Sermon Delivered by the Rev. Wm. Meade at the Opening of the Convention of the Diocese of Virginia at Winchester, May Twentieth, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen
Author: William MeadeJournal of the ... Annual Convention, Diocese of Virginia
Author: Episcopal Church. Diocese of Virginia. ConventionPublisher:
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Category : Anglican Communion
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Sermon, Delivered by the Rev. Wm. Meade, at the Opening of the Convention, of the Diocese of Virginia, at Winchester, May Twentyeth One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighteen
Author: Bp. William MeadePublisher:
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Category : Sermons, American
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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The Religious Life of Robert E. Lee
Author: R. David CoxPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 1467446882
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The first close examination of how Robert E. Lee's faith shaped his life Robert E. Lee was many things—accomplished soldier, military engineer, college president, family man, agent of reconciliation, polarizing figure. He was also a person of deep Christian conviction. In this biography of the famous Civil War general, R. David Cox shows how Lee's Christian faith shaped his crucial role in some of the most pivotal events in American history. Delving into family letters and other primary sources—some of them newly discovered—Cox traces the lifelong development of Lee's convictions and how they influenced his decisions to stand with Virginia over against the Union and later to support reconciliation and reconstruction in the years after the Civil War. Faith was central to Lee's character, Cox argues—so central that it directed and redirected his life, especially in the aftermath of defeat.
A Madman's Will: John Randolph, Four Hundred Slaves, and the Mirage of Freedom
Author: Gregory MayPublisher: Liveright Publishing
ISBN: 132409222X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
The untold saga of John Randolph’s 383 slaves, freed in his much-contested will of 1821, finally comes to light. Few legal cases in American history are as riveting as the controversy surrounding the will of Virginia Senator John Randolph (1773–1833), which—almost inexplicably—freed all 383 of his slaves in one of the largest and most publicized manumissions in American history. So famous is the case that Ta-Nehisi Coates has used it to condemn Randolph’s cousin, Thomas Jefferson, for failing to free his own slaves. With this groundbreaking investigation, historian Gregory May now reveals a more surprising story, showing how madness and scandal shaped John Randolph’s wildly shifting attitudes toward his slaves—and how endemic prejudice in the North ultimately deprived the freedmen of the land Randolph had promised them. Sweeping from the legal spectacle of the contested will through the freedmen’s dramatic flight and horrific reception in Ohio, A Madman’s Will is an extraordinary saga about the alluring promise of freedom and its tragic limitations.
Gospel of Disunion
Author: Mitchell SnayPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469616157
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The centrality of religion in the life of the Old South, the strongly religious nature of the sectional controversy over slavery, and the close affinity between religion and antebellum American nationalism all point toward the need to explore the role of religion in the development of southern sectionalism. In Gospel of Disunion Mitchell Snay examines the various ways in which religion adapted to and influenced the development of a distinctive southern culture and politics before the Civil War, adding depth and form to the movement that culminated in secession. From the abolitionist crisis of 1835 through the formation of the Confederacy in 1861, Snay shows how religion worked as an active agent in translating the sectional conflict into a struggle of the highest moral significance. At the same time, the slavery controversy sectionalized southern religion, creating separate institutions and driving theology further toward orthodoxy. By establishing a biblical sanction for slavery, developing a slaveholding ethic for Christian masters, and demonstrating the viability of separation from the North through the denominational schisms of the 1830s and 1840s, religion reinforced central elements in southern political culture and contributed to a moral consensus that made secession possible.
The Cause and Corrective of Superstition
Author: Bp. Nicholas Hamner CobbsPublisher:
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Category : Superstition
Languages : en
Pages : 15
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