Christian Slavery : : Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World / / Katharine Gerbner.
Could slaves become Christian? If so, did their conversion lead to freedom? If not, then how could perpetual enslavement be justified? In Christian Slavery, Katharine Gerbner contends that religion was fundamental to the development of both slavery and race in the Protestant Atlantic world. Slave ow...
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Gerbner, Katharine, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Christian Slavery : Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World / Katharine Gerbner. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018] ©2018 1 online resource (296 p.) : 15 illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Early American Studies Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Christian Slaves in the Atlantic World -- Chapter 2. Protestant Supremacy -- Chapter 3. Quaker Slavery and Slave Rebellion -- Chapter 4. From Christian to White -- Chapter 5. The Imperial Politics of Slave Conversion -- Chapter 6. The SPG and Slavery -- Chapter 7. Inner Slavery and Spiritual Freedom -- Chapter 8. Defining True Conversion -- Epilogue. Proslavery Theology and Black Christianity -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Could slaves become Christian? If so, did their conversion lead to freedom? If not, then how could perpetual enslavement be justified? In Christian Slavery, Katharine Gerbner contends that religion was fundamental to the development of both slavery and race in the Protestant Atlantic world. Slave owners in the Caribbean and elsewhere established governments and legal codes based on an ideology of "Protestant Supremacy," which excluded the majority of enslaved men and women from Christian communities. For slaveholders, Christianity was a sign of freedom, and most believed that slaves should not be eligible for conversion.When Protestant missionaries arrived in the plantation colonies intending to convert enslaved Africans to Christianity in the 1670s, they were appalled that most slave owners rejected the prospect of slave conversion. Slaveholders regularly attacked missionaries, both verbally and physically, and blamed the evangelizing newcomers for slave rebellions. In response, Quaker, Anglican, and Moravian missionaries articulated a vision of "Christian Slavery," arguing that Christianity would make slaves hardworking and loyal.Over time, missionaries increasingly used the language of race to support their arguments for slave conversion. Enslaved Christians, meanwhile, developed an alternate vision of Protestantism that linked religious conversion to literacy and freedom. Christian Slavery shows how the contentions between slave owners, enslaved people, and missionaries transformed the practice of Protestantism and the language of race in the early modern Atlantic world. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Christian converts Atlantic Ocean Region History. Slavery and the church Atlantic Ocean Region History. Slaves Religious life Atlantic Ocean Region History. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery. bisacsh African Studies. African-American Studies. American History. American Studies. Caribbean Studies. Latin American Studies. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DTL Humanities 2020 9783110737769 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2018 English 9783110604252 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2018 9783110603255 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Economics and Social Sciences 2018 English 9783110604016 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Social Sciences 2018 9783110603231 ZDB-23-DSW Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 9783110606638 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812294903 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812294903 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780812294903.jpg |
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Gerbner, Katharine, Gerbner, Katharine, Christian Slavery : Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World / Early American Studies Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Christian Slaves in the Atlantic World -- Chapter 2. Protestant Supremacy -- Chapter 3. Quaker Slavery and Slave Rebellion -- Chapter 4. From Christian to White -- Chapter 5. The Imperial Politics of Slave Conversion -- Chapter 6. The SPG and Slavery -- Chapter 7. Inner Slavery and Spiritual Freedom -- Chapter 8. Defining True Conversion -- Epilogue. Proslavery Theology and Black Christianity -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Christian Slaves in the Atlantic World -- Chapter 2. Protestant Supremacy -- Chapter 3. Quaker Slavery and Slave Rebellion -- Chapter 4. From Christian to White -- Chapter 5. The Imperial Politics of Slave Conversion -- Chapter 6. The SPG and Slavery -- Chapter 7. Inner Slavery and Spiritual Freedom -- Chapter 8. Defining True Conversion -- Epilogue. Proslavery Theology and Black Christianity -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
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