{"product_id":"the-antipedo-baptists-of-georgetown-roy-talbert-9781611174205","title":"The Antipedo Baptists of Georgetown County, South Carolina, 1710-2010","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Antipedo Baptists of Georgetown, South Carolina, 1710-2010\u003c\/i\u003e is the history of the First Baptist Church of Georgetown, South Carolina, as well as the history of Baptists in the colony and state. Roy Talbert, Jr., and Meggan A. Farish detail Georgetown Baptists' long and tumultuous history, which began with the migration of Baptist exhorter William Screven from England to Maine and then to South Carolina during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScreven established the First Baptist Church in Charleston in the 1690s before moving to Georgetown in 1710. His son Elisha laid out the town in 1734 and helped found an interdenominational meeting house on the Black River, where the Baptists worshipped until a proper edifice was constructed in Georgetown: the Antipedo Baptist Church, named for the congregation's opposition to infant baptism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree of the most recognized figures in southern Baptist history--Oliver Hart, Richard Furman, and Edmond Botsford--played vital roles in keeping the Georgetown church alive through the American Revolution. The nineteenth century was particularly trying for the Georgetown Baptists, and the church came very close to shutting its doors on several occasions. The authors reveal that for most of the nineteenth century a majority of church members were African American slaves. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot until World War II did Georgetown witness any real growth. Since then the congregation has blossomed into one of the largest churches in the convention and rightfully occupies an important place in the history of the Baptist denomination. \u003ci\u003eThe Antipedo Baptists of Georgetown\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable contribution to southern religious history as well as the history of race relations before and after the Civil War in the American South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roy Talbert, Meggan A. Farish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611174201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611174205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Roy Talbert","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44213386772735,"sku":"9781611174205","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5c06f0db-2db4-43e4-828c-49d81853845c.jpg?v=1692113597","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-antipedo-baptists-of-georgetown-roy-talbert-9781611174205","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}