Religion and the Slavery Question

Interactive videoconferencing program presented by The Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park in Hodgenville, KY. The Presidential Primary Sources Project is a collaboration between the National Park Service, U.S. Presidential Libraries and Museums, other cultural and historic organizations, and the Internet2 community.

Presentation Date/Time:
Thursday, March 2, 2017

Program Description:

Throughout the early nineteenth century, churches struggled - and divided - over the issue of slavery. Abraham Lincoln’s lifelong opposition to slavery was influenced by his parents' membership in a church that split over the “peculiar institution.” This session explores how the slavery question played out in church as it did in the political arena, eventually leading to Civil War.