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What is the Black Robed Regiment?

A Brief History by David Barton

The Black Robed Regiment was the name that the British placed on the courageous and patriotic American clergy during the Founding Era (a backhanded reference to the black robes they wore). [1] Significantly, the British blamed the Black Regiment for American Independence, [2] and rightfully so, for modern historians have documented that:

There is not a right asserted in the Declaration of Independence which had not been discussed by the New England clergy before 1763. [3]

It is strange to today's generation to think that the rights listed in the Declaration of Independence were nothing more than a listing of sermon topics that had been preached from the pulpit in the two decades leading up to the American Revolution, but such was the case.

But it was not just the British ... (continue reading about the Original Black Robed Regiment...)

Historical Sermons

Black Robed Preachers from the Founding Era covered current issues of the day from a Biblical perspective. View a number of the different sermons preached on topics that we rarely see covered today ...

♦ An Election Sermon - New Hampshire, 1792

♦ A Sermon on the Moral View of Rail Roads - Ohio, 1851

♦ A Sermon on Christian Patriotism - Boston, 1840

♦ An Election Sermon - Massachusetts, 1814

♦ An Execution Sermon - Hartford, 1797

♦ A Sermon on Marriage, 1837

♦ Others

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Contemporary Sermons for Modern Issues

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♦ Alaska Airlines Retiring Meal tray Prayer Cards
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♦ Court Ruling Aids 'Dumbing Down'
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The Alliance Defense Fund is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to review Idaho's ban on the use of books deemed "religious," even if they are the classics of Western civilization (see earlier story).

♦ Hawaiiian Churches Denied Exemption
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