Religion befor the Civil War by Stephanie

For my first quilt project, I did religion. On my quilt, the main drawing is a cross, hence Christianity, the main religion of the age. In the middle of the cross, their is a broken American flag, showing off the overall feeling of the 1860's. One side is blue (the Union's color) while the other side is gray and black (the Confederate's color). On one side of the cross, there is a broken, ragged line where part of the cross has broken away. In the piece, there is a symbol with a lit candle.  This is the Unitarian sign, who at this time began the Unitarian movement. This was a movement to break free of Christianity, which was much stricter than it is now. On the bottom of the quilt, there are two women praying. One is praying for peace and for a good crop. The other is wondering whether her son should go to war or not. By the first woman there is a white circle. Below is a line. Then there is a black circle. the white circle is saying, "God made us higher." This stands for how many whites thought that God had made slaves purposefully unequal to whites. In the corner there is a praying slave. He is asking God to set him free. In the opposite corner there are two churches. One is for slavery. One is against it. Below this is a man holding a torch to the cross. This shows some people did not like Christianity. The overall purpose of this Quilt and subject in the war was that people used religion as an excuse to own slaves and they prayed to God to see if their sons should go to war, which was a big deciding factor. Also, because of the difference in beliefs, this pulled the north and south farther apart.