Rituals of resistance : African Atlantic religion in Kongo and the lowcountry South in the era of slavery / Jason R. Young.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Young, Jason R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Africans--South Carolina--Religion.
• Africans--Georgia--Religion.
• Religion.
• Africans.
• Democratic Republic of the Congo--Religion.
• America--Civilization--African influences.
• America.
• Civilization.
• African diaspora.
• Africans--Migrations.
• Congo (Democratic Republic).
• Georgia.
• South Carolina.

Physical Description:

xii, 258 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2007]

Summary:

In Rituals of Resistance, Jason R. Young explores the religious and ritual practices that linked West-Central Africa with the Lowcountry region of Georgia and South Carolina during the era of slavery. The choice of these two sites mirrors the historical trajectory of the trans-Atlantic slave trade which, for centuries, transplanted Kongolese captives to the Lowcountry through the ports of Charleston and Savannah. Analyzing the historical exigencies of slavery and the slave trade that sent not only men and women but also cultural meanings, signs, symbols, and patterns across the Atlantic, Young argues that religion operated as a central form of resistance against slavery and the ideological underpinnings that supported it.

Contents:

• Kongo in the lowcountry
• Saline sacraments, water ritual, and the spirits of the deep : Christian conversion in Kongo and along the sea islands of the deep South
• Minkisi, conjure bags, and the African Atlantic religious complex
• Burial markers and other remembrances of the dead.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-252) and index.

ISBN:

• 9780807132791
• 0807132799

OCLC:

85444054