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Slave religion : the "invisible institution" in the Antebellum South / Albert J. Raboteau.
Van Pelt - Class of 1979 Seminar Room (305) BR563.N4 R25
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Raboteau, Albert J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Southern States--Religion.
- African Americans.
- Enslaved persons--Southern States--Religion.
- Enslaved persons.
- Church history.
- Religion.
- Southern States--Church history.
- Southern States.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (stamp) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xi pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 382 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1978.
- Contents:
- I. The African Heritage. The African Diaspora. Death of the Gods
- II. "The Invisible Institution" Catechesis and Conversion. The Rule of Gospel Order. Religious Life in the Slave Community. Religion, Rebellion, and Docility. Conclusion: Canaan Land.
- Notes:
- "Jacket design by Ronald Clyne. Cover photograph: Zion Baptist Church, North Garden, Virginia ..."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy: dustjacket retained.
- Banks Collection copy has embossed stamp "JB Library of Joanna Banks".
- ISBN:
- 0195024389 :
- 0195027051
- OCLC:
- 3843093
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