Faith and slavery in the Presbyterian diaspora /:

Faith and Slavery considers how in diverse places-the New Hebrides, Scotland, the United States, and East Central Africa-the Presbyterian faith shaped men's and women's interpretations of and interactions with chattel slavery. The chapters highlight how the particular ways Presbyterians fr...

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Other Authors: Taylor, William Harrison, 1980- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bethlehem : Lehigh University Press, 2016.
Series:Studies in eighteenth-century America and the Atlantic world.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Faith and Slavery considers how in diverse places-the New Hebrides, Scotland, the United States, and East Central Africa-the Presbyterian faith shaped men's and women's interpretations of and interactions with chattel slavery. The chapters highlight how the particular ways Presbyterians framed the Reformed Tradition made slavery an especially problematic and fraught issue for adherents to the faith, and led to a variety of reactions to slavery-ranging from abolitionism, to indifference, to support.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 277 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781611462029
1611462029

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