The End of Days : African American Religion and Politics in the Age of Emancipation /

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For four million slaves, emancipation was a liberation and resurrection story of biblical proportion, both the clearest example of God's intervention in human history and a sign of the end of days. Matthew Harper demonstrates how black southerners' theology, in particular their understandi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harper, Matthew (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Freed persons > Social conditions.
African Americans > Social conditions.
African Americans > Religion.
African Americans.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
RELIGION > Faith.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Affranchis > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
Noirs americains > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales.
Noirs americains > États-Unis (Sud) > Histoire.
Noirs americains > États-Unis (Sud) > Religion.
Freed persons > Southern States > Social conditions.
African Americans > Southern States > Social conditions.
African Americans > Southern States > History.
African Americans > Southern States > Religion.
United States.
Southern States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:For four million slaves, emancipation was a liberation and resurrection story of biblical proportion, both the clearest example of God's intervention in human history and a sign of the end of days. Matthew Harper demonstrates how black southerners' theology, in particular their understanding of the end times, influenced nearly every economic and political decision they made in the aftermath of emancipation.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages).
ISBN:9781469629384

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