1888 CONFEDERATE CHAPLAIN. Radical Chaplain Accused of Spying and Kidnapping Runaway Slaves.

A very smartly preserved biography of Methodist [South] radical minister and pro-Confederate, pro-Slavery agitator, Rev. John B. McFerrin [1808-1877].

At the onset of Civil War, McFerrin applied to serve as Chaplain immediately. He was given sensitive positions at border cities like Nashville and used his clerical cover to act as a spy, offer information to recapture slaves fleeing to the north, and to radicalize and convert Union sympathizers. He himself owned a significant estate and number of slaves, all of which were forfeit at the failure of the South.

[Rev. John B. McFerrin]. Fitzgeral, O. P. John B. McFerrin. A Biography. Nashville, TN. Publishing House of the M.E. Church, South. 1888. 448pp.

Very good Victorian binding in crisp, clean condition. Aside from some fading to cloth, it appears unread. Crisp and clean.