Rituals of resistance : African Atlantic religion in Kongo and the lowcountry South in the era of slavery

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Rituals of resistance : African Atlantic religion in Kongo and the lowcountry South in the era of slavery

Title remainder

African Atlantic religion in Kongo and the lowcountry South in the era of slavery

Statement of responsibility

Jason R. Young

Creator

• Young, Jason R

Subject

• African diaspora
• Africans -- Georgia -- Religion
• Africans -- Migrations
• Africans -- South Carolina -- Religion
• African Americans -- Religion | History
• Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Religion
• Kongo (African people) -- Religion
• Slaves -- Southern States -- Religion
• United States -- Civilization | African influences
• Christianity and other religions

Language

eng

Summary

"Explores the religious and ritual practices that linked West-Central Africa with the Lowcountry region of Georgia and South Carolina during the era of slavery. Analyzing the historical exigencies of slavery and the slave trade that sent not only men and women but also cultural meanings, signs, symbols, and patterns across the Atlantic, Young argues that religion operated as a central form of resistance against slavery and the ideological underpinnings that supported it."--P. [4] of cover

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

305.896/009

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• plans

Index

index present

LC call number

BR563.N4

LC item number

Y683 2007

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography