Background
VENABLE, Abraham Watkins was born on October 17, 1799 in Springfield, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States, United States. Son of Samuel Woodson and Carrington Venable.
VENABLE, Abraham Watkins was born on October 17, 1799 in Springfield, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States, United States. Son of Samuel Woodson and Carrington Venable.
Private school, northern university.
He graduated from Hampden-Sidney College in 1816 and abandoned his medical studies to enter Princeton College, from which he graduated in 1819. In 1821, he was admitted to the Virginia bar, and three years later, he made his home in Kinderton, North Carolina. He was a Presbyterian and had a son by his marriage.
In 1829, Venable moved to Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina, where he developed an outstanding law practice and an interest in politics. He served as a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1847 to 1853, losing a bid for reelection in 1852. In I860, he supported John C. Breckinridge for the presidency.
He was a delegate to the provisional Confederate House of Representatives. He was generally an administration supporter, though he refused to support government encroachment upon the rights of states. In 1864, he retired from public life and returned to his law practice.
"Peculiar institution" of slavery was not only expedient but also ordained by God and upheld in Holy Scripture.
Stands for preserving slavery, states' rights, and political liberty for whites. Every individual state is sovereign, even to the point of secession.