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Episodes tagged "Religion": 1 through 10 of 18

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  1. The New England Illuminati and late 18th Century Conspiracy Theory
    date 1799map Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniatags Religion, illuminati, secret society, Conspiracy Theory

    In Reverend John Ogden’s pamphlet, he described the Bavarian Illuminati as secret organization obsessed with destroying and undermining religion and government in the United States prior to the nineteenth century. Throughout the course of the late eighteenth century the very powerful and rich, who were extensions of the individuals in Europe, met monthly as members of “the secret Clergy.” According...

  2. Singin' Billy Walker
    date 1835map SPARTANBURG, South Carolinatags Religion, music

    In a time of intense religious revival and a relatively low literacy rate, the need for easily learned music was quickly becoming necessary. Shape note singing is a type of musical notation that was used commonly throughout the rural south during the nineteenth century as a way to assist with congregational and revival hymn singing to help with just that. Ministers were becoming increasingly uneasy...

  3. Angelina Grimke and Her Secular Language of Rights
    date October 2, 1837map WORCESTER, Massachusettstags Angelina Grimke, Secularism, Anti-slavery, Religion, Women, women's rights

    In 1837, Angelina Grimke authored a series of letters to Catharine Beecher on the topic of the cultural roles of women as they relate to their social, economic, and political rights. One was reprinted in Women's Rights Emerges within the Antislavery Movement, 1830-1870 by Kathryn Sklar. In the letter retitled by Sklar as, “Human Rights Not Founded on Sex,” Grimke argues that humans have rights...

  4. Dissent Among Southern Evangelicals: To Secede or Not?
    date March 10, 1838map WAKE, North Carolinatags Civil War, Government, Religion

    T. Meredith did not know that in less than three decades he would be in minority opposition to secession. Editor of The Biblical Recorder and Southern Watchman, a weekly newspaper “devoted to religion, morality, literature, and general intelligence,” and circulated throughout North and South Carolina, he urged readers to follow Martin Luther’s example of seeking “strength elsewhere than in...

  5. A Former Slaveholder Finds Justification Through Religion
    date February 12, 1840map HAMILTON, Ohiotags Religion, Slavery, Abolition

    In the 1830s a young South Carolina preacher and slaveholder delivered a sermon that justified the institution of slavery in America within the realms of Christianity.  Years later, a reverend in Cincinnati gave a sermon about his endeavor to find proof of the injustices of slavery and the rightful backing of abolitionism through Christianity.  Both of these preachers were able to find justification...

  6. Planter William Brisbane Becomes an Abolitionist
    date 1840map HAMILTON, Ohiotags Slavery, Religion

    W.H. Brisbane was a respected planter living outside of Charleston, South Carolina.  Upon inheritance of the family plantation and slaves, he reaped the benefits of great land and free labor.  Much like any other South Carolinian at the time, W.H. Brisbane bought into the beliefs of slavery being supported by the Bible.  He even wrote his own articles in the local newspaper about how slavery was...

  7. “Few of you are wise enough, and good enough to be trusted with liberty.”
    date September 11, 1842map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Abolitionism, african americans, Religion

    Upon entering the vibrant city of Georgetown and embarking upon a new career path as a teacher, Miss Caroline Healey Dall found herself at once confronted with questions she relied upon her religious convictions to answer. In her diary, Caroline documented her day-to-day life and travels, as well as her dreams, passions, and concerns.   After the Panic of 1837 left her father bankrupt, Caroline set...

  8. Impact of Religion in New England Education
    date December 2, 1851 to January 2, 1852map PLYMOUTH, Massachusettstags Educational System, Religion, Puritan Education

    In New England, the Puritans required every town to establish public schools supported by all families. After settling in the United States, the first buildings they constructed were a house of worship and a school. This exemplifies that education and religion were the two most important beliefs that the Puritans held. According to New England First Fruits, “After God… reared convenient places...

  9. “King Alcohol is More Formidable than Tyrant Lincoln”
    date October 1, 1862map RICHLAND, South Carolinatags Temperance, Religion, Civil War

    In 1862, throughout the war-ravaged Confederacy, the thoughts of all were turned to the War that tore apart the country.  The death and destruction that had already occurred seemed to foretell a conflict that would not soon be resolved.  In the midst of the fighting, soldiers struggled to remain vigilant and confident.  Romanticized visions of passionate soldiers, Confederates in particular, were...

  10. The Confederacy: Religion, Government, and – Diversity?
    date October 8, 1862map RICHMOND, Virginiatags Religion, Government, Civil War

    “Rulers,” insisted the editor of the Confederate Baptist, “were entitled elahim, gods, because, as the New Testament informs us, they are ‘God’s ministers,’ ordained for the temporal welfare of the body politic.” The October 8, 1862 article was written when the South and her religions were in the throes of the Civil War. Ironically, a newspaper which had advocated secession two years...

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