Record #:

20968

Author(s):

Daniel, W. Harrison

Abstract:

This article examines the perspectives held by southern Presbyterians on the election of Abraham Lincoln as president and the mounting calls for disunion and secession from Southern States' Righters. A discussion of issues taken up at Synod and General Assembly meetings, put forth in Southern Presbyterian periodicals, as well as perspectives publicized in sermons are included.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 44 Issue 3, July 1967, p231-255, il, por, f

Subject(s):

Presbyterians--History