Faith and Slavery in the Presbyterian Diaspora |
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| Editor:
| Taylor, William Harrison
Messer, Peter C. |
| Contribution by:
| Devine, Tom
Richard J. Finlay, Richard J.
Hill, Kimberly D.
Mailer, Gideon
Moore, Joseph S.
Rodgers, Nini
Roulston, William J.
Wallace, Valerie
Whyte, Iain |
| Series title: | Studies in Eighteenth-Century America and the Atlantic World Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61146-201-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2016 |
| Publisher: | Lehigh University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $109.00 |
Book Description:
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Faith and Slavery considers how in diverse places--the New Hebrides, Scotland, the United States, and East Central Africa--the Presbyterian faith shaped men's and women's interpretations of and interactions with chattel slavery. The chapters highlight how the particular ways Presbyterians framed the Reformed Tradition made slavery an especially problematic and fraught issue for adherents to the faith, and led to a variety of reactions to slavery--ranging from abolitionism, to...
More DescriptionFaith and Slavery considers how in diverse places--the New Hebrides, Scotland, the United States, and East Central Africa--the Presbyterian faith shaped men's and women's interpretations of and interactions with chattel slavery. The chapters highlight how the particular ways Presbyterians framed the Reformed Tradition made slavery an especially problematic and fraught issue for adherents to the faith, and led to a variety of reactions to slavery--ranging from abolitionism, to indifference, to support.