I was looking at the situation of religion in the US Civil War.
At this time, no Church affirmed "Slavery" as a "religious action".
This is all degrees of free exercise, practice, or choices.
We shouldn't very much look to the very fluid and transformational
input of Methodists or Baptists who were growing 3 times their
size during the 1830's or into the 1840's, this wasn't even your
father's Church then. Jefferson Davis strongly referenced
"the God of our Fathers who protected through all time".
You will find out this isn't even including the Anglicans who fought
against the Revolutionary War, or were returning to neo-Catholic practices.
No! This was specifically about Presbyterianism for the Confederates.
The Presbyterian argument is deep and wide, a Presbyterian author writing
"Uncle Tom's Cabin",
Presbyterianism being Queen Victoria's "Favorite kind of Church",
Lincoln marrying a Presbyterian.
Abolitionists could not make headway in Southern Bible Thumpers.
Presbyterians straight from the Isle would run Jamaican slaves right
through a baptismal lake and getting paid would end right there, anyway.
These are "Famous" Presbyterians I might add. The Baptist theology
comes along concerning a very personal Conversion experience unrelated
to birth etc. They did not allow slavemaster clergy.
The Presbyterians of Michigan on this scale I mentioned said "we tell no
one to dance or own slaves".
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Wow Totally Provocatively cogent! [so far].
I have pondered inre prevalence of enmass inbreeding
I have pondered inre the Hard nosed Brutish cartel Capo-esque work acumen required to be a profitable slave-master.
And, I have pondered inre war breaks out when everything is fine and dandy ---like "Well we've built 4 Pillars of our society...now I guess it's time to go to war" sort of syndrome.
