Wrestlin' Jacob : A Portrait of Religion in Antebellum Georgia and the Carolina Low Country /

"First published in 1979, Wrestlin' Jacob offers 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 Christ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clarke, Erskine, 1941-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2000]
Edition:[Reprint edition].
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Jones, Charles Colcock, > 1804-1863.
Religion
Slaves > Religious life.
African Americans > Religion.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Esclaves > Caroline du Sud > Charleston > Vie religieuse > 19e siecle.
Noirs americains > Caroline du Sud > Charleston > Religion.
Slaves > Religious life > South Carolina > Charleston > History > 19th century.
African Americans > South Carolina > Charleston > Religion.
Slaves > Religious life > Georgia > Liberty County > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Georgia > Liberty County > Religion.
Georgia.
Schwarze.
Charleston, SC
South Carolina > Charleston.
Georgia > Liberty County.
Charleston (S.C.) > Church history > 19th century.
Liberty County (Ga.) > Church history > 19th century.
History.
Church history.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. 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
  • 2. The City. 5. The Capital of the South. 6. "If These Be Brothers ..." 7. A Slave's Sabbath. 8. A Charleston Zion.

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