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

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

A timely and provocative account of the Bible’s role in one of the most consequential episodes in the history of slaveryOn July 2, 1822, Denmark Vesey, a formerly enslaved man, was hanged in Charleston, South Carolina. He was convicted of plotting what might have been the largest insurrection agains...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
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Schipper, Jeremy,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.) :; 7 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • LIST OF MAJOR FIGURES
  • TIMELINE OF MAJOR EVENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction. Crimes of the Blackest Hue
  • CHAPTER ONE. He Shall Surely Be Put to Death
  • CHAPTER TWO. By the Mouth of Witnesses
  • CHAPTER THREE. With Fear and Trembling
  • CHAPTER FOUR. Now Profitable
  • CHAPTER FIVE. They Shall Be Your Bondmen Forever
  • CHAPTER SIX. For He Is His Money
  • EPILOGUE. No Respecter of Persons
  • APPENDIX
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • IMAGE CREDITS
  • INDEX

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