The antebellum moral polity -- Christ and prohibition in the Constitution? -- Sexuality and the family -- Appetite, avarice-- and an alliance -- The Sabbath and religious authority -- The lottery and the South -- A broad agenda of moral legislation -- Aligning the government against alcohol -- The final step : prohibition
Summary
An examination and analysis of the appetite and avarice that led religious organizations to call for moral legislation to regulate such activities as sexuality, divorce, and gambling. This account underscores the role of white southerners who seized on these new laws to control African Americans
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-308) and index
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