Slave missions and the Black church in the antebellum South / Janet Duitsman Cornelius. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cornelius, Janet Duitsman.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery and the church--Southern States--History--19th century.

Slavery and the church.

Enslaved persons--Religious life--Southern States--History--19th century.

Enslaved persons.

African Americans--Southern States--Religion--History--19th century.

African Americans.

African American churches--Southern States--History--19th century.

African American churches.

Southern States--Church history--19th century.

Southern States.

Southern States--History--1775-1865.

Slavery and the church--History--19th century--Southern States.

Enslaved persons--History--Religious life--19th century--Southern States.

African Americans--Religion--19th century--Southern States.

African American churches--History--Southern States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 305 p. ) ill., ports. ;

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

"Cords of love": religious cultures intertwined, yet separate

"Blooming like a green bay tree": the Black church's Baptist roots in the slave South

"Down in de valley": the transformation of the Methodist mission

"Souls to be saved": mission promoters confront the slave system

"They are our masters no longer": Black religion under white protection in Southern cities

"Simple guileless teachers": Sunday schools, catechisms and the print culture

"Under our own vine and palm tree": the colonizing mission to Liberia

"Their good and his glory": the slave missions and Southern nationalism

"Jesus break slav'ry chain Lord": the Black church and freedom

Notes

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-284) and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-35180-5