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The Civil War and Church Schisms in Southern Appalachia

The Civil War and Church Schisms in Southern Appalachia Richard Alan Humphrey Appalachian Heritage, Volume 9, Number 3, Summer 1981, pp. 38-51 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1981.0010 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/439147/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 22:08 GMT from JHU Libraries • '? B1 by Richard Alan Humphrey We have often heard that the "real" Civil War was fought in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. We have heard how war split families, with brothers fight- ing brothers, and we know of the horrible economic and political repercussions for the people in Southern Appalachia. However, very little consideration has been given to the effects upon the churches that suffered northern and southern splits between 1843 and 1874. Actually, the Presbyterians' division in 1837 into "Old Light" and "New Light" schools involved the issue of slavery as did the division within Methodism causing the establishment of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of 1843. The Methodists' major split into northern and southern churches over the slavery issue came in 1844. However, the splits of the Methodists did not occur in Southern Appalachia until the 1860's, when men were thrown out of churches and persecuted because of Union sentiments or voluntarily joined black denominations. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

The Civil War and Church Schisms in Southern Appalachia

Appalachian Review , Volume 9 (3) – Jan 8, 2014

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Richard Alan Humphrey Appalachian Heritage, Volume 9, Number 3, Summer 1981, pp. 38-51 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1981.0010 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/439147/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 22:08 GMT from JHU Libraries • '? B1 by Richard Alan Humphrey We have often heard that the "real" Civil War was fought in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. We have heard how war split families, with brothers fight- ing brothers, and we know of the horrible economic and political repercussions for the people in Southern Appalachia. However, very little consideration has been given to the effects upon the churches that suffered northern and southern splits between 1843 and 1874. Actually, the Presbyterians' division in 1837 into "Old Light" and "New Light" schools involved the issue of slavery as did the division within Methodism causing the establishment of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of 1843. The Methodists' major split into northern and southern churches over the slavery issue came in 1844. However, the splits of the Methodists did not occur in Southern Appalachia until the 1860's, when men were thrown out of churches and persecuted because of Union sentiments or voluntarily joined black denominations.

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Appalachian ReviewUniversity of North Carolina Press

Published: Jan 8, 2014

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