Stonewall Jackson

by Williams, Richard G., Jr.

• ISBN13: 9781581825657
• ISBN10: 158182565X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-06
• Publisher: Cumberland House

Summary

Many historians have touched on Thomas Stonewall" Jackson's relationship with African Americans in light of his Christian convictions. "Stonewall Jackson: The Black Man's Friend" explores an aspect of his life that is both intriguing and enlightening: his conversion to Christianity and how it affected his relationship with Southern Blacks. Covering the origin of Jackson's awakening to faith, the book challenges some widely held beliefs, including the assumption that this spiritual journey did not begin until his adulthood. Furthermore, Richard G. Williams Jr. examines a paradox of Jackson's life: his conversion to Christianity was encouraged by Southern slaves, many of whom he would in turn minister to one day. The book examines Jackson's documented youthful pangs of conscience regarding the illiteracy of American slaves?and how Providence ultimately came to use him to have a lasting and positive impact on Southern slaves. "

Table of Contents

Foreword	11	(4)
Introduction	15	(8)
Chronology	23	(4)
1: Let the Oppressed Go Free	27	(18)
Southern Slaves and the Gospel
2: The Fatherless Findeth Mercy	45	(28)
Stonewall Jackson and the Gospel
3: He That Is Greatest Among You	73	(16)
Stonewall Jackson and His Slaves
4: Except Some Man Should Guide Me	89	(34)
Stonewall Jackson and His Black Sunday-School Class
5: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them	123	(14)
Stonewall Jackson and Lylburn L. Downing
6: A Brother Beloved	137	(12)
Stonewall Jackson and Jim Lewis
7: Go Home to Thy Friends	149	(12)
The Funeral of Stonewall Jackson
Epilogue	161	(6)
He Calleth Together His Friends
Acknowledgments	167	(4)
Appendix 1 Steadfast unto the End: The Death and Funeral of Little Sorrel	171	(8)
Appendix 2 Stonewall Jackson's Colored Sunday School	179	(8)
Margaret Junkin Preston
Notes	187	(26)
Bibliography	213	(6)
Index	219