Albert Taylor Bledsoe
Albert Taylor Bledsoe (November 9, 1809 – December 8, 1877) was an American Episcopal priest, attorney, professor of mathematics, and officer in the Confederate army and was best known as a staunch defender of slavery and, after the South lost the American Civil War, an architect of the Lost Cause. He was the author of Liberty and Slavery (1856), "the most extensive philosophical treatment of slavery ever produced by a Southern academic", which defended slavery laws as ensuring proper societal order.
Albert Taylor Bledsoe | |
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| Born | November 9, 1809 |
| Died | December 8, 1877 (aged 68) Alexandria, Virginia (another source says Baltimore, Maryland) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | United States Military Academy Kenyon College, Ohio |
| Occupation(s) | educator, attorney, author, and clergyman |
| Political party | Whig Party (United States) |
| Spouse | Harriet Coxe (married in 1836) |
| Parent(s) | Moses Owsley Bledsoe and Sophia Childress Taylor |
| Relatives | Margaret Coxe (sister-in-law) |
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