Hannah Greene

1 month ago | prismreports.org | Hannah Greene |Carolyn Copeland

On the heels of emancipation in January 1865, Union leaders called upon Black ministers to advocate for thousands of freed slaves. The Baptist and Methodist clergymen convened with Union Army General William T. Sherman and the Lincoln administration’s Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton to answer the question: What do you want for your people? Led by Baptist minister Garrison Frazier, 20 ministers clearly and precisely described what was necessary for self-determination.