Mississippi Baptist Historical Commision (1976). John Moore "Struggle for Religious Freedom in Virginia"
I arrived at the Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission at 8:00 a.m. I resumed digitizing oral histories. This time, I digitized the oral history of Mr. George Thornton in 1975. Thornton was an alumnus of Mississippi College whom became a member of the Board of Trustees and also played a part in helping Mississippi College obtain a Law School. I learned from this interview that a resolution was passed to buy what was then called the Jackson Law School into the Mississippi College School of Law which started in 1975, the very year of this interview. I took a break for lunch at 12:45 p.m. and returned at 1:15 p.m. The next recording was another of Dr. R.A. McLemore. This time, Dr. McLemore was giving a speech concerning the Bicentennial of the American Revolution which took place in 1976. The next cassette contained two interviews which also took place during the Bicentennial. The first is supposed to be with Dr. Baker (no first name was given) but was orchestrated on his behalf with Dr. McBeth instead. Following provenance, I indicated it to be Dr. Baker in the metadata. This recording was about a paper by Dr. Baker titled "Baptists and the Bicentennial". It's an interesting account of the evolution of Baptists during the American Revolution. Dr. Baker even "suggests that an impartial rereading of the crucial events of the 18th Century reveals that God used the Baptists as signal instruments in working out what may have been man's greatest step forward in all his political history." The next recording was with a gentleman named John Moore pertaining to a paper of his known as "Struggle for Religious Freedom in Virginia". The idea of 'Freedom of Religion' that this country was founded on obviously entailed great changes and difficulties met by the various Christian denominations and the Baptists were no exception. John Moore notes an account of an English Quaker at a meeting in York County, Viriginia. The man states, 'The first Baptists organized in Virginia were accorded a measure of tolerance in Prince George County in 1715 but enjoyed no religious freedom" (MBHC 1976). I left the Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission at 4:30 p.m.
(In light of the subject matter of today's oral history, here's a re posting of Freedom of Religion)
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