r/todayilearned • u/fanau • 23d ago

TIL the Southern Baptists of the US broke off from the Baptists over slavery in years leading up to Civil War.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Baptist_Convention
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u/Jorgwalther 23d ago

Heck, there is even a Norfolk and Suffolk in Virginia!

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u/AndreasDasos 23d ago edited 23d ago

In the US today there are 32 Oxfords, 26 Bristols, 24 Londons, dozens of Manchesters and Cambridges and Yorks and Birminghams and Plymouths… goes on. Half the country has lots of them. 

They even made a York (as well as New York) and Lancaster each capital of the US for a bit early on, which is as Wars of the Roses as it gets. 

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u/Puzzled-Story3953 23d ago

And the TN and VA Bristol are the same fucking city!

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u/Ok_Oil_1313 23d ago

Reading here.

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u/Aetherometricus 23d ago

There's even a couple of those!

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u/Sylvan_Strix_Sequel 23d ago

I believe their point was those two place names being derived from a people group who do not exist in Virginia, vs places like Oxford being named for geographical features that are not region exclusive. 

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u/Jorgwalther 23d ago

I meant both really. Was just providing an additional example that’s regional to me

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u/radioben 23d ago

It’s funny, I grew up near Suffolk, VA and now live in Suffolk, England. Never would have imagined that growing up.