American Covenanters were very active and outspoken in the abolitionist movement before the U.S. Constitution was even written.
They may have been the first denomination to enforce an absolute prohibition against slaveholders in the church. Copeland builds on a body of research that D. Ray Wilcox submitted as his thesis at the University of Northern Colorado over 70 years ago. Chock-full of stories and original source material, this book will fascinate and inspire you.
“The fruit of many years of meticulous original research, A Candle Against the Dark marks a significant contribution to our understanding of the struggle against slavery in the United States… It analyzes the agenda-changing arguments of her theologians of abolition like McLeod, Willson and Sloane, offers moving accounts of her costly Underground Railroad activism, and reveals the depth of her pastoral care and educational advancement of the freedmen in the aftermath of civil war.”
—David G. Whitla, professor of church history, Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh PA
“This is a fascinating and valuable study of a Protestant denomination that, while small in numbers, was strong in its commitment and its influence toward the abolition of slavery and recognition that all humans are of one blood.”
-Steven E. Woodworth, professor of history, Texas Christian University
“Copeland and Wilcox display in vivid colors the brave and brilliant resolve of Reformed Presbyterians to oppose the great sin of American slavery, to risk their own lives to emancipate slaves, and, most importantly—to shine against the dark—the light of the gospel. As John Knox wrote long ago, “In the hope of the life to come, God hath made all equal.” Read and weep. Then read and rejoice.”
-Byron Curtis, professor of biblical studies, Geneva College
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