Wrestlin' Jacob
Subtitle: a portrait of religion in antebellum Georgia and the Carolina low country
By: Erskine Clarke.
Edition: [Reprint ed.].
Series: Religion and American culture; Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
Subjects: Jones, Charles Colcock, 1804-1863; African Americans -- Georgia -- Liberty County -- Religion; Slaves -- Religious life -- Georgia -- Liberty County -- History -- 19th century; African Americans -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- Religion; Slaves -- Religious life -- South Carolina -- Charleston -- History -- 19th century; Liberty County (Ga.) -- Church history -- 19th century; Charleston (S.C.) -- Church history -- 19th century
Description: "This classic work is an introduction to the efforts of whites to evangelize African Americans in the antebellum South."

"First published in 1979, Wrestlin' Jacob offers insights into the intersection of black and white religious history in the South. Erskine Clarke provides two arenas - one urban and one rural - that show what happened when white ministers tried to bring black slaves into the fold of Christianity. Clarke illustrates how the good intentions - and vain illusions - of the white preachers, coupled with the degradation and cultural strength of the slaves, played a significant role in the development of black churches in the South. The author's new introduction discusses the growth of interest in Southern religious history and reviews the scholarly developments in the field since the book's original publication."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical (p. [181]-197) and index.
Originally published: Atlanta : John Knox Press, c1979.