My Cardwell ancestors were described by the family as "staunch Methodists". They seemed to have converted in the early 1800s. My gr- gr grandfather attended Centenary Methodist Church in Richmond; they had no slaves, and he taught Sunday School to blacks there. Nancy ------- I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. --Daniel Boone On Jan 16, 2007, at 12:43 PM, Debra Jackson/Harold Forsythe wrote: > The Methodists, like the Baptists and Presbyterians ultimately > split between > northern and southern branches essentially over slavery. In the > 1830s (or > 1840s) the Methodist Episcopal South denomination arose as a pro- > slavery > version of Methodism. > > Harold S. Forsythe > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sunshine49" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 10:09 AM > Subject: Re: The beginning of the Episcopal Church > > >> A lot of people aren't aware of it, but Methodists were as opposed to >> slavery as were the Quakers. By some accounts, during the slave >> rebellion by Gabriel Prosser in the early 1800s, they were going to >> spare "Methodists, Quakers and Frenchmen." >> >> Nancy >> >> ------- >> I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. >> >> --Daniel Boone >> >> >> >> On Jan 15, 2007, at 7:22 PM, John Philip Adams wrote: >> >>> This may explain why Methodist looked like a good alternative >>> >>> John Philip Adams >>> Texas 77520 >>> [log in to unmask] >>> >> >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the >> instructions >> at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html