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Mutual relation of masters and slaves as taught in the Bible : a discourse preached in the First Presbyterian Church, Augusta, Georgia, on Sabbath morning, Jan. 6, 1861, by Joseph Ruggles Wilson, 1835-1903.
Joseph Wilson owned slaves, defended slavery, and also set up a Sunday school for his slaves. Wilson and his wife identified with the Confederacy during the American Civil War; they cared for wounded soldiers at their church, and Wilson briefly served as a chaplain to the Confederate States Army.
Wilson's vision was never to be realized, and the slavery issue tore apart the nation, Old School Presbyterians, and Wilson's own family. In May 1861, soon after the attack on Fort Sumter, the Old School Presbyterians gathered in Philadelphia.
Feb 22, 2021 · Slavery was endorsed by God, declared the leading light of the Presbyterian Church of the Confederacy, Joseph Ruggles Wilson, in 1861. It was one of many Anglo-Saxon supremacist ideas he...
Wilson, Joseph Ruggles, 1822-1903: Note: Augusta, GA: Steam Press of Chronicle and Sentinel, 1861 : Link: HTML and TEI at UNC: Stable link here: https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupid?key=olbp31944 : Subject: Slavery in the Bible -- Sermons: Subject: Slavery -- Southern States -- Justification -- Sermons: Subject:
Joseph Wilson owned slaves, defended slavery, and also set up a Sunday school for his slaves. Wilson and his wife identified with the Confederacy during the American Civil War; they cared for wounded soldiers at their church, and Wilson briefly served as a chaplain to the Confederate States Army.
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