Slavery and methodism : a chapter in American morality, 1780-1845 / Donald G. Mathews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mathews, Donald G., author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton Legacy Library ; 2352

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery and the church--United States.

Slavery and the church.

Slavery and the church--Methodist Episcopal Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton University Press : Princeton, New Jersey, 1965.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The growing appeal of abolitionism and its increasing success in converting Americans to the antislavery cause, a generation before the Civil War, is clearly revealed in this book on the Methodist Episcopal Church in America. The moral character of the antislavery movement is stressed. Originally published in 1965.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Front matter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

PART I. THE CHURCH AND SLAVERY

I. COMPROMISE AND CONSCIENCE: The Church and Slavery 1780-1816

II. COMPROMISE CONFIRMED: The Sectional Adjustment to Slavery 1808-1830

III. THE SOUTHERN COMPROMISE OF CONSCIENCE: The Mission to the Slaves 1824-1844

IV. THE GENTEEL COMPROMISE OF CONSCIENCE: Methodists and Colonization 1824-1844

PART II. THE CHURCH AND ABOLITION

V. THE RADICAL ALTERNATIVE TO COMPROMISE: The Rise of Methodist Abolitionism 1832-1836

VI. CLASH OF ALTERNATIVES: The Abolitionists and the North 1836-1839

VII. CLASH OF ALTERNATIVES: North and South 1836-1840

VIII. REALIGNMENT OF ALTERNATIVES: The Conservatives Discover Antislavery without Abolitionism 1840-1844

IX. CHOICE AND DISJUNCTION: The General Conference of 1844

EPILOGUE: Of Slavery and Morality

APPENDIX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 15, 2016).

ISBN:

0-691-65085-3

1-4008-7901-9

OCLC:

966910352