Esteemed Reproach: The Lives of Rev. James Ireland and Rev. Joseph CraigKeith Harper, Martin Jacumin Mercer University Press, 2005 - 213 pages Many Baptists were persecuted for their faith in late eighteenth century Virginia but only two, James Ireland and Joseph Craig, left first-hand accounts of their struggles. Esteemed Reproach: The lives of Reverend James Ireland and Reverend Joseph Craig brings these two works together for the first time and offers readers a vivid account of religious persecution in colonial Virginia and the price some were willing to pay for their freedom. |
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