This document is a straight history in which the relationship between traditional "peace churches," ones which highlight Jesus' peace teachings in their doctrines, and African-Americans in the Old South before and during the Civil War, and in the years directly afterward, is examined. Through a careful look at documents and diaries, newspaper articles and church meeting minutes, a description of the relationships between these churches and blacks is the Old South is discovered, finding that the churches opposed slavery early on and often accepted blacks as members, but were not very vocal about their opposition to slavery, nor open about their stance in favor of Civil Rights. The paper shows the danger these Christian denominations faced for their stances from racist whites, particulary as whites in the South demanded loyalty, supplies, and men for fighting (through the draft) during the Civil War. Politics became hot for the churches during the war, and leaders of the churches were careful with their words regarding slavery and human rights during the fighting. The paper finds that the Mennonites and Tunkers (Church of the Brethren) were anti-slavery and pro-Civil Rights from before the Civil War, but were not very vocal about it in their southern communities.