Religious Persecution?
A lot of talk these days about religious freedom and religious persecution. Some history will help.
Wade Hampton was a wealthy planter and slave master in South Carolina before the Civil War. During the war, he served as Confederate calvary general under Robert E. Lee. After the war, he led campaigns to restrict new freedoms for freed slaves and served as governor and senator from South Carolina.
Today, among the many things named in his honor, is Wade Hampton Boulevard here in Greenville, SC, a mere 11 miles from my home; and on Wade Hampton Blvd sits Bob Jones University. It is a private, religious school and, at one time, prevented blacks from enrolling (until 1971) and later, from dating white students (until 2000). Because of that, …
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