Black military loyalty made white missionaries treat blacks as pivotal to national destiny.

Evidence

It was this legacy of black patriotism that prompted northern Baptists to perceive a continued though double-edged black role, either aiding in the restoration of national harmony or abetting in its destruction. — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 541

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: White mission aid treated blacks as both mission field and threat to national order — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 528; Blacks were uniquely cast among alien groups as loyal potential allies — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 538

Broader Connections

• Blacks were uniquely cast among alien groups as loyal potential allies #expands (0.81) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 538
• White mission aid treated blacks as both mission field and threat to national order #qualifies (0.76) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 528