David B. Chesebrough Books
Clergy dissent in the Old South, 1830-1865
During the antebellum and Civil War years, the southern states exerted enormous pressures on the population to produce universal conformity in two areas: first, for slavery and then, for secession...
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No sorrow like our sorrow
Sermons as historical documents reflect the thoughts, emotions, values, prejudices, and beliefs of their time. "The more popular a preacher, the more likely it is that she or he mirrors the hopes a...
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