Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War Rui Kohiyama at that very moment

at that very moment

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Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War Rui Kohiyama at that very momentDuring the American Civil War, the Mennonites and Amish faced moral dilemmas that tested the very core of their faith. How could they oppose both slavery and the war to end it? How could they remain outside the conflict without entering the American mainstream to secure legal conscientious objector status? In the North, living this ethical paradox marked them as ambivalent participants to the Union cause; in the South, it marked them as clear