Record #:

20344

Author(s):

Smiley, David L.

Abstract:

In the past, the Baptists of North Carolina have been accused of hostility toward education. Despite the plight of the largely low income, rural, farming groups, Baptists groups actually expressed an acceptance of education as power, producing some of the earliest public schools and universities in the state.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 35 Issue 3, Jul 1958, p316-327, por, f

Subject(s):

Baptists--North Carolina--Education