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“‘Irregular Secession’: The Political Nature of Religious Space in the Reconstruction-era South - The Journal of the Civil War Era
In the early summer of 1865, just a few months after Confederates in Raleigh, North Carolina, officially surrendered, Black Baptists found themselves faced with a choice: submit to white leadership and be permitted to use the roomy sanctuary of the city’s main Baptist church, or refuse and be relegated to the vestry room – a … Read More Read More
