Title American Catholics and slavery, 1789-1866 : an anthology of primary documents / compiled and edited by Kenneth J. Zanca.

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Description	xxxi, 290 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-287) and index.
Contents	Part one : The Catholic tradition on slavery -- The Hebrew Scriptures -- The New Testament : the letters of Paul -- Church fathers and theologians -- Church councils -- A slave code of a Catholic king -- Papal encyclicals -- Part two : The context : 18th and 19th century America -- An overview -- Slavery : the socio-political setting -- Abolition and abolitionists : uniquely a minority Protestant view -- American Colonization Society -- Papal statements on the evils of the age : a Catholic world view -- Nativism and anti-Catholicism : attack and response -- Friendly observations of Catholics by Southerners -- Part three : Catholics on slavery : 1789-1866 -- Observers of Catholics and slavery -- The Catholic press on the subject of slavery -- The work of women religious among the blacks -- Catholics as slave buyers, sellers and masters -- Statements of former slaves of Catholics -- Baptism registers -- Statements of Catholic priests -- Theologizing on slavery -- Bishops' pastoral letters on slavery -- Personal letters of Catholic bishops -- A Civil War diary -- The Second Plenary Council of Baltimore.
Summary	This work brings together in one place primary material dealing with the issue of American Catholics and slavery. The anthology is organized in three parts. Each part is preceded by an introduction offering an overview of the section and each of the one hundred documents. Part I contains documents which established the Roman Catholic position on the morality of slave and slave-holding. Part II focuses on the context of the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries in which the Roman church existed. Part III presents documents generated by Catholics themselves specifically relating to slavery.
Subject	Catholic Church -- United States -- History -- Sources.
	Catholic Church. (OCoLC)fst00531720
	Catholic Church -- United States -- History -- Sources.
	Slavery and the church -- Catholic Church -- History -- Sources.
	Slavery and the church -- United States -- History -- Sources.
	United States -- Church history -- Sources.
	Slavery and the church. (OCoLC)fst01120512
	Slavery and the church -- Catholic Church. (OCoLC)fst01767759
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Sklaverei (DE-588)4055260-3
	Katholische Kirche.
	United States.
	United States -- Church history -- Sources.
Indexed Term	Christianity Related to Slavery
	United States
Genre/Form	Church history. (OCoLC)fst01411629
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
Added Author	Zanca, Kenneth J.
Other Form:	Online version: American Catholics and slavery, 1789-1866. Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, ©1994 (OCoLC)654843000
ISBN	0819195650 (alk. paper)
	9780819195654 (alk. paper)

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