Singing for equality : hymns in the American antislavery and Indian rights movements, 1640-1855 / Cheryl C. Boots.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boots, Cheryl C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hymns--Political aspects--United States.

Hymns.

Civil rights movements--United States--Songs and music--History and criticism.

Civil rights movements.

Antislavery movements--United States--Songs and music--History and criticism.

Antislavery movements.

Political ballads and songs--United States--History and criticism.

Political ballads and songs.

Fiction--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. ; London : McFarland & Co., c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Before the American Civil War, men and women who imagined a multiracial American society (social visionaries) included Protestant sacred music in their speeches and writings. Music affirmed the humanity and equality of Indians, whites and blacks and validated blacks and Indians as Americans. In contrast to dominant voices of white racial privilege, social visionaries criticized republican hypocrisy and Christian hypocrisy. Many social visionaries wrote hymns, transcending racial lines and creating a sense of equality among singers and their audience. Singing and reading Protestant sacred music

Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Recovering the Lost Soundtrack of American Social Visionaries; 1. Seeing Children of God or Children of the Devil in Massachusetts Bay; 2. Singing Non-Conformist and Anglican Hymns in the 18th Century; 3. Asserting Racial Equality with Sacred Verse in Early America; 4. Debating Blacks' and Indians' Humanity in the Early Republic; 5. Affirming the Humanity of Early-Antebellum Blacks and Indians; 6. Making Space for Indians in Early Antebellum Fiction, or Not; 7. Struggling to Enlist Support for the Cherokee People

8. Legitimating Black Emancipation with Blacks' Voices9. Singing Communities and the American Anti-Slavery Society; 10. Making Space for Blacks in Late Antebellum American Fiction; Conclusion. Tracing the Legacy of Sacred Music and American Racial Equality; Appendix. Hymn Tunes Available Online; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed July 02, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4766-0336-7