Religion and Slavery. A Vindication of the Southern Churches. [Inscribed Copy]
Inscribed by the author, prominent Nashville Presbyterian minister and former Confederate chaplain, to a noted historian of the South
Defense of the treatment of slaves in the American South by a prominent Nashville, Tennessee Presbyterian minister and former Confederate chaplain. Rev. Dr. McNeilly here gives “...some account of what was done by the Southern people for the spiritual welfare and religious instruction of the negroes” (p27), whom he considered to be an inferior race.
The booklet is inscribed by the author to Baltimore editor and historian of the South, Matthew Page Andrews (1879-1947). Page is noted as the author of The Women in the South in War Times (1920) and the historical drama, The Birth of America (1920).
A Christian defense of slavery and reflections on the current “negro problem in the South.”
Description: Religion and Slavery. A Vindication of the Southern Churches. [Inscribed Copy]
Nashville, Tenn.; Dallas, Tex.: Publishing House of the M.E. Church, South, 1911. 88pp. 7¾ x 5¼ inches. Presentation inscription by the author on the title page. Yapped, gray wrappers. Brief wear and minor losses to yapped edges; very good.
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