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- ↑ Stone, Phillip. "Benjamin Wofford". Wofford.edu. Wofford College. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
Ben's desire to marry was probably chiefly responsible for his decision to leave the active ministry, for his ownership of slaves would not have prevented him from serving in South Carolina.
- ↑ David Duncan Wallace, History of Wofford College (Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1951) pp. 48-56
- ↑ "Wofford College - Benjamin Wofford". Archived from the original on 2014-06-03. Retrieved 2013-03-09.
- ↑ Phillip Stone, Wofford College (Arcadia Publishing, 2010)