Baptists & the Civil War on display at library
The 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War is shown from a Baptist perspective in a display by the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives at the Southern Baptist Convention building in Nashville
Baptists & the Civil War on display at library
The 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War is shown from a Baptist perspective in a display by the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives at the Southern Baptist Convention building in Nashville, Tenn.
Posted on Jan 5, 2012 | by Erin Roach
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) -- To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War, the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives is presenting a display on Baptists and the war.
The display cases, located on the fourth floor of the Southern Baptist Convention building in Nashville, Tenn., illustrate what caused the war -- particularly the issue of slavery -- how Baptists reacted and served as chaplains and how Baptists responded after the war.
Bill Sumners, director of the library and archives, told Baptist Press that when he began looking through collections for items pertaining to the Civil War, he found more than he anticipated.
As a starting point, Sumners wanted to reflect how the issue of slavery divided Baptists in America.
"We have one case that has some of the documents and some of the other dialogue that was going on in Baptist circles about slavery and the events that happened in the 1840s when the Southern Baptist Convent