About Thornton Stringfellow
Lived 1788 – 1869 (aged 81). Thornton Stringfellow was a writer.
Thornton Stringfellow (March 6, 1788 – March 6, 1869) was the pastor of Stevensburg Baptist Church in Culpeper County, Virginia. He is perhaps best known for using Christianity to advocate for African-American slavery.
A native of Fauquier County, Stringfellow was ordained in 1814 and ministered in Fauquier and Culpeper Counties for the duration of his career. Besides slavery, he was an advocate for temperance, domestic missions, and Sunday Schools. He was a slaveholder himself. Stringfellow is buried in the Stevensburg churchyard.
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American baptist pastor
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Thornton Stringfellow was born on 6 March 1788.
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Thornton Stringfellow was a writer.
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