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"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schipper, Jeremy (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2022.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:1 online resource: illustrations (black and white) ;
ISBN:9780691212678

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