The Religious Pray, The Profane Swear: Robert Loudon Drummond's Survival of Libby and Salisbury Prisons During the American Civil War

The Religious Pray, The Profane Swear: Robert Loudon Drummond’s Survival of Libby and Salisbury Prisons During the American Civil War chronicles the wartime experiences of a profoundly religious man who suffered and survived two of the most notoriously inhumane Confederate prisons. The book contains a biography of Robert L. Drummond that situates his religious perspective in the context of the Presbyterian Church’s internal debate over the issue of slavery. Additional material addresses, the religious dimensions of slavery at the time of the Civil War and the theological conflicts between Northern and Southern Christian communities regarding the biblical status of slavery in nineteenth century American society.