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Provoking Southern Christianity: Baptists, Methodists, Schisms and Slavery
- Date Issued:
- 2018
- Abstract/Description:
- This thesis examines the schisms in the antebellum Baptist and Methodist Churches regarding slavery. It was these internal ruptures in both denominations that helped influence life in the slave community. The slave narratives of Henry Bibb, William Wells Brown, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs reveal the impact the schisms had on master-slave relations and slave religious instruction. Moreover, the internal rupture in both denominations over the South‟s peculiar institution was instrumental in spawning a pro-slavery Christianity. This pro-slavery Christianity proved crucial in extending and strengthening white hegemony.
Title: | Provoking Southern Christianity: Baptists, Methodists, Schisms and Slavery. |
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Name(s): |
Kelly, Denario, author Furman, Andrew, Thesis advisor Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Department of English |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
Date Created: | 2018 | |
Date Issued: | 2018 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Place of Publication: | Boca Raton, Fla. | |
Physical Form: | application/pdf | |
Extent: | 65 p. | |
Language(s): | English | |
Abstract/Description: | This thesis examines the schisms in the antebellum Baptist and Methodist Churches regarding slavery. It was these internal ruptures in both denominations that helped influence life in the slave community. The slave narratives of Henry Bibb, William Wells Brown, Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs reveal the impact the schisms had on master-slave relations and slave religious instruction. Moreover, the internal rupture in both denominations over the South‟s peculiar institution was instrumental in spawning a pro-slavery Christianity. This pro-slavery Christianity proved crucial in extending and strengthening white hegemony. | |
Identifier: | FA00013079 (IID) | |
Degree granted: | Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2018. | |
Collection: | FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection | |
Note(s): | Includes bibliography. | |
Subject(s): |
Slavery and the church--Baptists. Slavery and the church--Methodist Church. Slave narratives. Bibb, Henry, 1815-1854 Brown, William Wells, 1814?-1884 Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895. Jacobs, Harriet A. (Harriet Ann), 1813-1897. |
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Sublocation: | Digital Library | |
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Host Institution: | FAU | |
Is Part of Series: | Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections. |