When slavery was called freedom : evangelicalism, proslavery, and the causes of the Civil War / John Patrick Daly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daly, John Patrick, 1964-

Series:

Religion in the South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects--Southern States--History--19th century.

Slavery.

Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Slavery--Southern States--Justification.

Evangelicalism--Political aspects--Southern States--History--19th century.

Evangelicalism.

Evangelicalism--Political aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Evangelicalism--Political aspects.

History.

Justification (Christian theology).

Slavery--Moral and ethical aspects.

Southern States--Politics and government--1775-1865.

Southern States.

Politics and government.

Southern States--Intellectual life--19th century.

Intellectual life.

Southern States--Moral conditions.

Moral conditions.

Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century.

Antislavery movements.

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.

Physical Description:

207 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2002]

Summary:

When Slavery Was Called Freedom is a bold new interpretation of the intellectual foundations of secession and the American Civil War.

Author John Patrick Daly focuses on the culture of antebellum America and the debate about the morality of slavery that obsessed people of the period. Contrary to common wisdom, striking similarities between North and South led to the ferocity of the slavery debate and the war. Daly explains that antislavery and proslavery emerged from the same evangelical roots; both sides interpreted the Bible and Christian moral dictates in light of individualism and free market economics.

In an age when many history books avoid synthesis and broad explanations, Daly's analysis attacks hard questions and uncovers the cultural and ideological bonds that linked the combatants in Civil War era America.

Contents:

Freedom and evangelical culture in the South

The post-1831 birth of evangelical proslavery

Answering abolitionists, defending slaveholders

The evangelical vision of the South and its future

Evangelical proslavery, free labor, and disunion, 1850-1861

The proslavery formula and the test of war, 1860-1865.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-201) and index.

ISBN:

0813122414

OCLC:

48493801