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When slavery was called freedom : evangelicalism, proslavery, and the causes of the Civil War /

When Slavery Was Called Freedom uncovers the cultural and ideological bonds linking the combatants in the Civil War era and boldly reinterprets the intellectual foundations of secession. John Patrick Daly dissects the evangelical defense of slavery at the heart of the nineteenth century's secti...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Daly, John Patrick, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2002.
Series:Religion in the South.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Freedom and evangelical culture in the South
  • The post-1831 birth of evangelical proslavery
  • Answering abolitionists, defending slaveholders
  • The evangelical vision of the South and its future
  • Evangelical proslavery, free labor, and disunion, 1850-1861
  • The proslavery formula and the test of war, 1860-1865.