Papers, 1856-1923.

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Papers, 1856-1923.

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Journal, diary, documents, and correspondence related to two ministers in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in N.C. The correspondence consists of letters to Rev. Robert W. Pickens, and Susan Forgey Pickens, his second wife, from friends and relatives in Va. and Tenn. near the N.C. border. The topics include family matters, financial and property matters, the Civil War, free African-Americans, and religious and political conflict during reconstruction in Tenn. One letter (1860, Feb. 17) describes a suspected African-American insurrection in Sugar Hill, Va. Another letter (1895) to Rev. Cornelius Pickens, Robert Pickens' son, comments on the attitude that women are inferior to men. The journal (1921) concerns Cornelius Pickens and his travels in southern Europe, the Holy Land, and northern Africa. The diary (1892-1901) concerns his personal, social, and ecclesiastical affairs in N.C., with frequent references to Prohibition.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Pickens, Robert W.

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Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

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In 1845, as a result of the North-South tensions, the Methodist Episcopal Church conferences in the Southern states withdrew to form the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In 1874 at the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South held in Louisville, Kentucky, a Board of Commissioners was appointed to meet with a similar board from the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). The Board was empowered to begin talks the MEC board that would resolve differences between the two denomination...

Pickens, Susan Forgey.

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Pickens, Cornelius Miller.

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Methodist minister. From the description of Papers, 1856-1923. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 32878809 ...