Evangelicalism and the politics of reform in northern Black thought, 1776-1863
By: Rita Roberts
Series: Antislavery, abolition and the Atlantic world
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780807137086
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Becoming African, becoming Christian : religion and the evolution of a common identity; title: Becoming American : Christian republicanism and African American identity; title: They want us slaves forever : evangelical reform and the expansion of slavery; title: We do not all of us think alike : evangelicalism and conflicting strategies for citizenship; title: They despise us for our color : the problem of race and Black evangelical reform; title: We love our country; title: but we love liberty more : emigrationism, nationalism, evangelicalism, and the beginning of the Civil War.