Title The origins of proslavery Christianity : white and black evangelicals in colonial and antebellum Virginia / by Charles F. Irons

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2008] ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 366 pages) : illustrations Series HeinOnline slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law HeinOnline UNC Press law publications HeinOnline religion and the law Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law UNC Press law publications Religion and the law Contents Fishers of men, 1680-1792 -- Growing pains, 1792-1815 -- The flourishing of biracial Christianity, 1815-1831 -- The spiritual challenge of Nat Turner, 1831-1835 -- The sectional church, 1835-1856 -- Reluctant, Evangelical Confederates, 1856-1861 -- Epilogue, exodus, 1861-1870 Summary Even though black and white evangelicals often worshipped together, white evangelicals emerged as defenders of race-based slavery. Focusing on Virginia, this book argues that white evangelical ideas about slavery grew directly out of their interactions with black evangelicals Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-360) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed August 3, 2021) Subject Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831 -- Influence SUBJECT Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831 -- Influence Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831 fast Subject Slavery and the church -- Virginia -- History Slavery and the church -- Southern States -- History Enslaved persons -- Religious life -- Virginia African Americans -- Virginia -- Religion Enslaved persons -- Religious life -- Southern States African Americans -- Southern States -- Religion Evangelicalism -- Political aspects -- Southern States -- History HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century. African Americans -- Religion Evangelicalism -- Political aspects Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Slavery and the church Enslaved persons -- Religious life Southern States Virginia Genre/Form Electronic book History Form Electronic book LC no. 2007044530 ISBN 9781469604640 1469604647 9780807888896 0807888893

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