December 23, 1844. A letter from the Triennial Convention was on its way to the Alabama Convention saying that in good conscience the Convention could not appoint a slave holder as a missionary. There is much correspondence and debate about this issue, and the letter sets out the reasons why they could not approve such an appointment. This answer set in motion the split between the Southern Baptists and the Northern Baptists. ABHS has the original hand written minutes of this and other Triennial Conventions as well as a typed transcript.
