Title: The origins of proslavery Christianity
Description: Even though white evangelicals claimed spiritual fellowship with those of African descent, they nonetheless emerged as the most effective defenders of race-based slavery. As Charles Irons persuasively argues, white evangelicals' ideas about slavery grew directly out of their interactions with black evangelicals. --from publisher description
Subjects: African Americans, Evangelicalism, History, Influence, Political aspects of Evangelicalism, Religion, Religious life, Slavery and the church, Slaves, Turner, nat, 1800?-1831, African americans, religion, African americans, virginia, African americans, southern states, Slaves, united states
Places: Southern States, Virginia
People: Nat Turner (1800?-1831)