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Slave missions and the Black church in the antebellum South, Janet Duitsman Cornelius

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Slave missions and the Black church in the antebellum South, Janet Duitsman Cornelius
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-284) and index
resource.governmentPublication
government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Slave missions and the Black church in the antebellum South
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
37903608
Responsibility statement
Janet Duitsman Cornelius
Table Of Contents
Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- "Cords of love": religious cultures intertwined, yet separate -- "Blooming like a green bay tree": the Black church's Baptist roots in the slave South -- "Down in de valley": the transformation of the Methodist mission -- "Souls to be saved": mission promoters confront the slave system -- "They are our masters no longer": Black religion under white protection in Southern cities -- "Simple guileless teachers": Sunday schools, catechisms and the print culture -- "Under our own vine and palm tree": the colonizing mission to Liberia -- "Their good and his glory": the slave missions and Southern nationalism -- "Jesus break slav'ry chain Lord": the Black church and freedom -- Notes -- Bibliography
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