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389] Religious Life. 73
it from the Church by legislation, we have no authority to
legislate on that subject." The progress of the slaves could
not be obtained by ecclesiastical legislation or by "indis-criminate
denunciations against slaveholders, without
regard to their character or circumstances."' The resolu-tion
passed by 168 to 13 votes. 1 By such action this con-servative
Church put off its division till the war was actually
at hand. This relation of the general Church to slavery
must have influenced the attitude of the local Church. It
no doubt kept up a conservative and abiding interest in the
welfare of the slave on the part of the Church authorities.
What Henry Evans was in the Methodist Church and
Ralph Freeman in the Baptist, John Chavis was in the
Presbyterian Church. In native ability he was no doubt
equal to either of the other two, but in education he was
superior to them. He was, probably, born in Granville
County, near Oxford, about 1763. He was a full-blooded
negro of dark brown color. He was born free. In
early life he attracted the attention of the whites, and he was
sent to Princeton College to see if a negro would take a
collegiate education. He was a private pupil under the
famous Dr. Witherspoon, and- his ready acquisition of
knowledge soon convinced his friends that the experiment
would issue favorably. After leaving Princeton he went to
Virginia, sent thither, no doubt, to preach to the negroes.
In 1801 he was at the Hanover (Virginia) Presbytery, "rid-ing
as a missionary under the direction of the General
Assembly." In 1805, at the suggestion of Rev. Henry
Patillo, of North Carolina, he returned to his native State.
For some cause, I know not what, it was not till 1809 that
he was received as a licentiate by the Orange Presbytery.
Although he preached frequently to the regular congrega-tions
at Nutbush, Shiloh, Island Creek, and other churches
in the neighborhood, I do not find that he was called to a
church as pastor. Mr. George Wortham, a lawyer of Gran-tee
"American Slavery as Viewed and Acted on by the Presby-terian
Church in America," by Rev, A. T. McGill, 1865.
Object Description
| Title | Slavery in the state of North Carolina |
| Creator | Bassett, John Spencer, 1867-1928. |
| Date | 1899 |
| Subjects |
Slavery--North Carolina |
| Place | North Carolina, United States |
| Time Period |
(1789-1820) North Carolina's early statehood (1820-1860) Antebellum (1860-1876) Civil War and Reconstruction |
| Description | Authorities: p. 110-111. |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins Press |
| Rights | Public Domain see http://digital.ncdcr.gov/u?/p249901coll22,63753; |
| Requirements for Use | Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader for PDF files |
| Physical Characteristics | 111 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Collection |
General Collection. State Library of North Carolina |
| Type |
Text |
| Language | English |
| Format |
Books |
| Digital Characteristics-A | 7.14 MB |
| Series | Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; ser 17, no. 7-8. |
| Digital Collection |
General Collection |
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| Audience | All |
| Pres File Name-M | gen_bm_slaverystatenc1899.pdf |
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| Full Text | 389] Religious Life. 73 it from the Church by legislation, we have no authority to legislate on that subject." The progress of the slaves could not be obtained by ecclesiastical legislation or by "indis-criminate denunciations against slaveholders, without regard to their character or circumstances."' The resolu-tion passed by 168 to 13 votes. 1 By such action this con-servative Church put off its division till the war was actually at hand. This relation of the general Church to slavery must have influenced the attitude of the local Church. It no doubt kept up a conservative and abiding interest in the welfare of the slave on the part of the Church authorities. What Henry Evans was in the Methodist Church and Ralph Freeman in the Baptist, John Chavis was in the Presbyterian Church. In native ability he was no doubt equal to either of the other two, but in education he was superior to them. He was, probably, born in Granville County, near Oxford, about 1763. He was a full-blooded negro of dark brown color. He was born free. In early life he attracted the attention of the whites, and he was sent to Princeton College to see if a negro would take a collegiate education. He was a private pupil under the famous Dr. Witherspoon, and- his ready acquisition of knowledge soon convinced his friends that the experiment would issue favorably. After leaving Princeton he went to Virginia, sent thither, no doubt, to preach to the negroes. In 1801 he was at the Hanover (Virginia) Presbytery, "rid-ing as a missionary under the direction of the General Assembly." In 1805, at the suggestion of Rev. Henry Patillo, of North Carolina, he returned to his native State. For some cause, I know not what, it was not till 1809 that he was received as a licentiate by the Orange Presbytery. Although he preached frequently to the regular congrega-tions at Nutbush, Shiloh, Island Creek, and other churches in the neighborhood, I do not find that he was called to a church as pastor. Mr. George Wortham, a lawyer of Gran-tee "American Slavery as Viewed and Acted on by the Presby-terian Church in America," by Rev, A. T. McGill, 1865. |
