Forging a christian order: south carolina baptists, race, and slavery, 1696-1860
Auteur :
Kellison, Kimberly
Éditeur :
University of Tennessee Press
ISBN :
9781621907596
Date de publication :
30 mars 2023
Dimensions :
23,3 x 15,7 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
431 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Argues that eighteenth-century White Baptists in South Carolina used the Bible to fashion a Christian model of slavery that recognised the humanity of enslaved people while accentuating contrived racial differences. Over time this model evolved from a Christian practice of slavery to one that expounded on slavery as morally right.