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 vente en gros 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.