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Wrestlin' Jacob : A Portrait of Religion in Antebellum Georgia and the Carolina Low Country / Erskine Clarke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clarke, Erskine, 1941-
- Series:
- Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
- Religion and American culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enslaved persons--Religious life--South Carolina--Charleston--History--19th century.
- Enslaved persons.
- African Americans--South Carolina--Charleston--Religion.
- African Americans.
- Enslaved persons--Religious life--Georgia--Liberty County--History--19th century.
- African Americans--Georgia--Liberty County--Religion.
- Charleston (S.C.)--Church history--19th century.
- Charleston (S.C.).
- Liberty County (Ga.)--Church history--19th century.
- Liberty County (Ga.).
- Jones, Charles Colcock, 1804-1863.
- Jones, Charles Colcock.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (252 p.)
- Edition:
- [Reprint ed.].
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University Alabama Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This classic work is an important introduction to the efforts of whites to evangelize African Americans in the antebellum South. First published in 1979, Wrestlin' Jacob offers important insights into the intersection of black and white religious history in the South. Erskine Clarke provides two arenas-one urban and one rural-that show what happened when white ministers tried to bring black slaves into the fold of Christianity. Clarke illustrates how the good intentions-and vain illusions-of the white preachers, coupled with
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction to Reprint Edition; Preface; Acknowledgment; Introduction; One: The Plantation; 1. The County of Liberty; 2. ""They Lifted Up Their Voices and Wept""; 3. More Than Guards, Guns, and Bayonets; 4. A Plantation Pastor; Two: The City; 5. The Capital of the South; 6. ""If These Be Brothers ...""; 7. A Slave's Sabbath; 8. A Charleston Zion; Conclusion; Epilogue; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Originally published: Atlanta : John Knox Press, c1979.
- Includes bibliographical (p. [181]-197) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8846-X
- OCLC:
- 883632118
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