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Slavery, Religion, and Race in Antebellum Missouri
Freedom from Slavery and Freedom from Sin
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2023
Summary
Antebellum Missouri’s location at the intersection of North, South, and West makes it a location that allows one to examine regionalism in the United States in one location since Missouri contained characteristics of each region. Missouri also provides a view of how religion functioned for people in the antebellum United States. The institution of slavery transformed evangelical Christianity in the South from an influence with potential to erode slavery into an institution that was a bulwark for slavery. For African Americans, religion constituted part of their cultural resistance against the dehumanization of slavery. Through conjure, their traditional religion, they sought control over their own lives and practical tools to aid them with everyday issues. Christianity also provided control over their destiny and a belief system, that in their hands, affirmed the sinfulness of slavery and confirmed that it was their right and their destiny to be free.
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Edition
1/2023
Copyright Year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-1699-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-1700-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
176
Product Type
Monograph
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Northern and Antislavery Evangelicals in Missouri No access Pages 1 - 30
The Conjure Tradition in Missouri Slave Communities No access Pages 31 - 60
Saving Souls and Controlling Slaves No access Pages 61 - 84
“Nobody Know But Jesus” No access Pages 85 - 110
African American Independent Churches and the Urban Environment No access Pages 111 - 142
