Basil MANLY

January 29, 1798 (age 70)

Pittsborough, North Carolina, United States

He attended Bingham School and graduated first in his class of 1821 at South Carolina College. On December 23, 1824, he married Sarah Murray Rudulph, by whom he had five children. Manly, who had begun to preach in 1818, was ordained in the Baptist ministry in 1822 and settled in Edgefield, South Carolina. In the 1820s, he was a pastor in Charleston, South Carolina, where he assisted in the founding of Furman Institute in 1823. He preached at the First Baptist Church in Charleston from 1826 to 1837. From 1837 to 1855, he was president of the University of Alabama. He owned a plantation in Tuscaloosa, where he also helped to found the Alabama Historical Society. In 1859, he helped to establish a hospital for the insane in Tuscaloosa. At the Alabama Baptist convention in 1860, Manly, a vehement secessionist, condemned the federal government. He ran unsuccessfully for the state legislature as a secession candidate and was the chaplain at the inauguration of Jefferson Davis in Montgomery. When the war began, he was preaching in Montgomery. His sermons in the field were an inspiration to the Confederate troops. In 1864, he suffered a stroke, and when he recovered he returned to South Carolina.

Basil MANLY

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Background

MANLY, Basil was born on January 29, 1798 in Pittsborough, North Carolina, United States, United States. Son of the planter Basil Manly and his wife Elizabeth (Maultsby).

Education

Attended college, Beaufort, South Carolina. Graduate South Carolina. College, 1821.

Career

He attended Bingham School and graduated first in his class of 1821 at South Carolina College. On December 23, 1824, he married Sarah Murray Rudulph, by whom he had five children. Manly, who had begun to preach in 1818, was ordained in the Baptist ministry in 1822 and settled in Edgefield, South Carolina.

In the 1820s, he was a pastor in Charleston, South Carolina, where he assisted in the founding of Furman Institute in 1823. He preached at the First Baptist Church in Charleston from 1826 to 1837. From 1837 to 1855, he was president of the University of Alabama.

He owned a plantation in Tuscaloosa, where he also helped to found the Alabama Historical Society. In 1859, he helped to establish a hospital for the insane in Tuscaloosa. At the Alabama Baptist convention in 1860, Manly, a vehement secessionist, condemned the federal government.

He ran unsuccessfully for the state legislature as a secession candidate and was the chaplain at the inauguration of Jefferson Davis in Montgomery. When the war began, he was preaching in Montgomery. His sermons in the field were an inspiration to the Confederate troops.

In 1864, he suffered a stroke, and when he recovered he returned to South Carolina.

Religion

"Peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient but also ordained by God and upheld in Holy Scripture.

Politics

Stands for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession.

Membership

Member founding committee Furman Academy and Theological Institute (now. Furman U.).

Connections

Married Sarah Murray Rudulph, December 23, 1824, 5 children.

Father:: Basil Manly
Mother:: Elizabeth (Matthias) Manly
Spouse:: Sarah Murray Rudulph

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