Rev Basil Manly Sr.: The 19th-Century Pastor Who Used the Bible to Justify White Ownership of Black Bodies - TalkAfricana

Rev Basil Manly Sr.: The 19th-Century Pastor Who Used the Bible to Justify White Ownership of Black Bodies - TalkAfricana

Basil Manly Sr. was more than a Southern preacher, he was one of the most vocal and influential theological defenders of American slavery. A prominent Baptist minister, university president, and the author of the infamous Alabama Resolutions, Manly’s beliefs helped forge a religious foundation for the Southern Baptist Convention and bolstered the Confederacy’s moral justification […] TalkAfricana