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Author:

Cornelius, Janet Duitsman.

Title:

Slave missions and the Black church in the antebellum South / Janet Duitsman Cornelius.

Publisher:

University of South Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

x, 305 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Slavery and the church--Southern States--History--19th century.
Slaves--History--Southern States--History--19th century.
Afro-Americans--Southern States--History--History--19th century.
Afro-American churches--Southern States--History--19th century.
Southern States--Church history--19th century.
Southern States--History--1775-1865.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-284) and index.

Contents:

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- "Cords of love": religious cultures intertwined, yet separate -- "Blooming like a green bay tree": the Black church's Baptist roots in the slave South -- "Down in de valley": the transformation of the Methodist mission -- "Souls to be saved": mission promoters confront the slave system -- "They are our masters no longer": Black religion under white protection in Southern cities -- "Simple guileless teachers": Sunday schools, catechisms and the print culture -- "Under our own vine and palm tree": the colonizing mission to Liberia -- "Their good and his glory": the slave missions and Southern nationalism -- "Jesus break slav'ry chain Lord": the Black church and freedom -- Notes -- Bibliography.

ISBN:

9781570032479
1570032475

OCLC:

(OCoLC)37903608

LCCN:

97045291

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)