Ecclesiastical Relation of Negroes: Speech of Rev. Robert L. Dabney, in the Synod of Virginia, Nov. 9, 1867; Against the Ecclesiastical Equality of Negro Preachers in Our Church, and Their Right to Rule Over White Christians

Post‑Civil War Southern Presbyterian speech opposing ecclesiastical equality for Black ministers, arguing Blacks are unfit to rule over white congregations and threaten church unity.

Robert Lewis Dabney (1820–1898) was a Southern Presbyterian minister, theologian, and educator best known for his influential teaching and writing within nineteenth-century Reformed theology. He served for many years as a professor at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, where he shaped generations of Presbyterian ministers through his lectures in systematic and pastoral theology. Dabney was also a prolific author whose theological works and essays continue to be published and read for their rigor, clarity, and strong confessional commitments.

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