Thornton Stringfellow (March 6, 1788 – March 6, 1869) was the

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of Stevensburg Baptist Church in

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. He is perhaps best known for using Christianity to advocate for

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. A native of

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, 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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* ''A Brief Examination of Scripture Testimony on the Institution of Slavery'', 1850 * ''Scriptural and Statistical Views in Favor of Slavery'', 1856 * ''Slavery: Its Origin, Nature, and History'', 1861

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