Negroes and religion
Subtitle: the Episcopal Church at the South : Memorial To the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Reform, and Society; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Reform, and Society
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1856
Place of publication: United States]
Language: eng
Subjects: Slavery; Slavery and the church; Episcopal Church; Literary forgeries and mystifications; Specimens
Notes: Caption title, with "Negroes and religion" printed in small capital letters.

A satire on the attitude of the church toward slavery, dated at end "Charleston, S.C., Oct. 1, 1856."

Text of the Memorial is followed by a printed "Note. For the comfort of such Southern Divines as may not possess the critical acumen in detecting literary frauds ..." with final sentence "The world dos not often get a chance to laugh at a better joke than this."

Reproduction of the original from the Lost Cause Press.