Background
FURMAN, James Clement was born on December 5, 1809 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States, United States. Son of the Reverend Richard and Dorothea Maria (Bum) Furman.
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James Clement FURMAN
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Education
Private school, southern university.
Career
He graduated from the College of Charleston in 1826 and attended Furman Theological Institute prior to his ordination as a Baptist minister in 1832. Furman married Harriet E. Davis in 1833 and, upon her death, her sister Mary Glenn Davis in 1855. He served as pastor of the Baptist Church of Society Hill, South Carolina, from 1833 to 1844, when he became president of Furman Theological Institute in Charleston, South Carolina.
In 1852, he moved the school to Greenville, South Carolina, and he served as president of Furman University until 1879. An ardent secessionist, he represented Greenville District at the South Carolina secession convention. During the war, while Furman University was closed, he taught at Greenville Female College and served as a wartime spiritual leader.
He represented the idea of continuing education throughout the war and through his sermons and his life symbolized both the spiritual and cultural leadership of the Confederacy. His school reopened in 1866 and he again became its president. Furman was a bitter foe of Reconstruction.
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.
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Nationality
United States