JACKSONS COLORED SABBATH SCHOOL

By Justin Lacks

Slavery

Jackson owned six slaves Two requested to be bought by him

Views on slavery

In her book, Life and Letters of General Thomas J. Jackson, Mary Jackson states that,” I have heard him say that he would prefer to see the Negroes free, but he believed that the Bible taught that slavery was sanctioned by the creator himself”

Religion

Jackson was a very religious man who carried his faith into the battle field

Church

Jackson attended and later became deacon at the Lexington Presbyterian Church.

Colored Sabbath School

Jackson cared for the slaves and blacks in his community

He wanted them to know god and for their souls to be saved.

Colored Sabbath School (Cont.)

Jackson decided that he would create a Sunday school for blacks, so they could know god.

This school was started in 1855

Risk

What Jackson wanted to do was risky In order to teach them he had to teach

how to read. At the time it was illegal to do this

Potential Punishment

There was a bill passed in North Carolina in 1830 which stated that it was illegal to teach any slave how to read or write

Potential Punishment (Cont.)

If anyone was found of this crime they could:

1. Be fined between $100 and $2002. Be imprisoned3. Be whipped

Service

The service lasted about 45 minutes They sung, studied the bible, and prayed

Relations

The people loved him like a brother or a father

Results

The Colored Sabbath School led to the start of African American Churches

Death

Stonewall Jackson died on May 10, 1863 due to a gun wound from his own troop.

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