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By Justin Lacks
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Jackson owned six slaves Two requested to be bought by him
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In her book, Life and Letters of General Thomas J. Jackson, Mary Jackson states that,” I have heard him say that he would prefer to see the Negroes free, but he believed that the Bible taught that slavery was sanctioned by the creator himself”
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Jackson was a very religious man who carried his faith into the battle field
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Jackson attended and later became deacon at the Lexington Presbyterian Church.
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Jackson cared for the slaves and blacks in his community He wanted them to know god and for their souls to be saved.
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Jackson decided that he would create a Sunday school for blacks, so they could know god. This school was started in 1855
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What Jackson wanted to do was risky In order to teach them he had to teach how to read. At the time it was illegal to do this
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There was a bill passed in North Carolina in 1830 which stated that it was illegal to teach any slave how to read or write
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If anyone was found of this crime they could: 1. Be fined between $100 and $200 2. Be imprisoned 3. Be whipped
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The service lasted about 45 minutes They sung, studied the bible, and prayed
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The people loved him like a brother or a father
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The Colored Sabbath School led to the start of African American Churches
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Stonewall Jackson died on May 10, 1863 due to a gun wound from his own troop.
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