| Description |
1 online resource (x, 318 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
"My constitution is constellated for any meridian" : creating trans-atlantic missionary Anglicanism -- Natural religion and the sons of Noah : the society, human difference, and slavery -- "The two great articles of faith and obedience" : Anglican missionaries and slavery, 1701-1740 -- Masters and pastors : Anglicanism, revivalism, and slavery, 1740-1765 -- "A sett of possitive obstinate people" : missionary encounters on Codrington Plantation -- "One of their own color and kindred" : Philip Quaque and the SPG mission to Africa -- "Themselves under this very predicament" : the society and the antislavery movement, 1765-1838 |
| Summary |
Beginning in 1701, missionary-minded Anglicans launched one of the most sustained efforts to Christianize the enslaved people of Britain's colonies. This book offers a new assessment of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts which played an important role in colonial religious history |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain) -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain) fast |
| Subject |
Slavery and the church -- Church of England -- History
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Racism -- Great Britain -- History
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Anglican.
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Slavery and the church -- Church of England
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Racism
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199773992 |
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0199773998 |
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