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Basil Manly Jr.

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American minister and theologian

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According to Wikipedia, Basil Manly Jr. was an American Baptist minister and educator. He was one of a group of theologians instrumental in the formation of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in South Carolina. Early life and education Basil Manly Jr. was born December 19, 1825, in Edgefield District, South Carolina to Basil Manly Sr. , a prominent Baptist preacher and educator. He and his family moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, when Manly Jr. was 12 years old, as his father was president of the University of Alabama for nearly 20 years. He grew up in a planter's family; his father enslaved 40 people. In Tuscaloosa, Manly Jr. was baptized at age 14 after reading a biography of Jonathan Edwards. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1843.

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