Denmark Vesey's Bible : The Thwarted Revolt That Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial /

"This book provides a historical reconstruction of a famous trial in the antebellum American South in which the Bible was invoked alternatively by the prosecution and the defense as both a pro- and antislavery text"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Schipper, Jeremy (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Vesey, Denmark, > approximately 1767-1822.
Vesey, Denmark, > approximately 1767-1822 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Bible.
Bible > Black interpretations.
Slavery and the church.
Slave insurrections.
Black interpretations of sacred works.
HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Slave insurrections > South Carolina > Charleston > History.
South Carolina > Charleston.
Charleston (S.C.) > History > Slave Insurrection, 1822.
Trials, litigation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"This book provides a historical reconstruction of a famous trial in the antebellum American South in which the Bible was invoked alternatively by the prosecution and the defense as both a pro- and antislavery text"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource: illustrations (black and white) ;
ISBN:9780691212678

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