Dividing the Faith : : The Rise of Segregated Churches in the Early American North / / Richard J. Boles.
Uncovers the often overlooked participation of African Americans and Native Americans in early Protestant churchesPhillis Wheatley was stolen from her family in Senegambia, and, in 1761, slave traders transported her to Boston, Massachusetts, to be sold. She was purchased by the Wheatley family who...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American Places ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 11 b/w illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Introduction
- 1 “Not of Whites Alone, but of Blacks Also”: Black, Indian, and European Protestants, 1730–1749
- 2 “I Claim Jesus Christ to Be My Right Master”: Black-White Religious Conflicts and Indian Separatists, 1740–1763
- 3 “Compassion upon These Outcasts”: Evangelism and Expanding Interracial Worship, 1764–1776
- 4 “Slavery Is a Bitter Pill”: Interracial Churches, War, and Abolitionism, 1776–1790
- 5 “To Restore Our Long Lost Race”: The Rise of Separate Black Churches, 1791–1820
- 6 “Suffering under the Rod of Despotic Pharaohs”: The Segregated North and Black and Indian Christian Radicalism, 1821–1850
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Note on Sources
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author