Discovery of 178-Year-Old Baptist Antislavery Document Elates Faith Leaders
Posted on Wed 09 July 2025 in Theology
Aishvarya Kavi of the New York Times reports:
The scroll was handwritten in 1847, just two years after Baptists in the United States split, with the Southern congregations breaking off over their Northern counterparts’ condemnation of slavery.
Using forceful language, 116 Baptist ministers in Massachusetts had signed their name to …
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