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Sherman's March and the Emergence of the Independent Black Church Movement: From Atlanta to the Sea to Emancipation / by L. Whelchel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whelchel, L., Author.
- Series:
- Black Religion/Womanist Thought/Social Justice, 2945-6983
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and sociology.
- America--History.
- America.
- Ethnology--Africa.
- Ethnology.
- Culture.
- Race.
- United States--History.
- United States.
- Sociology of Religion.
- History of the Americas.
- African Culture.
- Race and Ethnicity Studies.
- US History.
- Local Subjects:
- Sociology of Religion.
- History of the Americas.
- African Culture.
- Race and Ethnicity Studies.
- US History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (66 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A discourse on the historical emergence of African American Churches as dynamic cultural presences which occurred in the aftermath of the Civil War, and specifically in the wake of General Sherman's march from Atlanta to Savannah.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Preparing the Stage for Liberation
- The Historical Context of Conversion
- The South Defends Its Peculiar Institution
- The March toward Liberation
- Impositions and Fatuities by Classes and Colors
- The Liberation of Savannah
- The Groundwork of Freedom
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781349487653
- 1349487651
- 9781137405180
- 113740518X
- OCLC:
- 865470215
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