Christian reconstruction : the American Missionary Association and southern Blacks, 1861-1890 / Joe M. Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, Joe Martin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American Missionary Association--History--19th century.

American Missionary Association.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (375 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Christian Reconstruction traces the history of the American Missionary Association, the most ambitious and successful of the many benevolent societies that worked with the former slaves during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; 1. A Grand Field for Missionary Labor; 2. Wartime Expansion; 3. AMA Common Schools After the War; 4. Freedmen's Relief; 5. Friends and Allies; 6. Administration and Fund Collecting; 7. Public Schools and Teacher Training; 8. The AMA Colleges; 9. The AMA and the Black Church; 10. Yankee Schoolteachers; 11. Black Teachers and Missionaries; 12. The AMA and the White Community; 13. The AMA and the Black Community; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Originally published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, c1986.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8246-1

OCLC:

817893098