Title Masters & Slaves in the House of the Lord : Race and Religion in the American South, 1740-1870.

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Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.

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Description	1 online resource (264 pages)
Note	Print version record.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 Planters and Slaves in the Great Awakening; 2 Biracial Fellowship in Antebellum Baptist Churches; 3 Religion in Amite County, Mississippi, 1800-1861; 4 Black and White Christians in Florida, 1822-1861; 5 Planters and Slave Religion in the Deep South; 6 Slaves and Southern Catholicism; 7 Slaves and White Churches in Confederate Georgia; 8 After Apocalypse, Moses; Notes; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.
Summary	Much that is commonly accepted about slavery and religion in the Old South is challenged in this significant book. The eight essays included here show that throughout the antebellum period, southern whites and blacks worshipped together, heard the same sermons, took communion and were baptized together, were subject to the same church discipline, and were buried in the same cemeteries. What was the black perception of white-controlled religious ceremonies? How did whites reconcile their faith with their racism? Why did freedmen, as soon as possible after the Civil War, withdraw from the biraci.
Subject	RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
	Southern States -- Church history -- 19th century.
	Slavery. (OCoLC)fst01120426
	Slavery and the church. (OCoLC)fst01120512
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Slavery.
	Southern States. (OCoLC)fst01244550
Local Subject	Enslavers -- Religious life -- Southern States.
Subject	Southern States -- Church history -- 18th century.
	Enslaved persons -- Religious life -- Southern States.
	Slaveholders -- Religious life. (OCoLC)fst01120425
	Slavery -- Southern States -- History.
	Enslaved persons -- Religious life. (OCoLC)fst01120575
	Slavery and the church -- Southern States.
Genre/Form	Church history. (OCoLC)fst01411629
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Subject	Southern States -- Race relations.
Chronological Term	1700-1899
Subject	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	Slaveholders -- Religious life -- Southern States.
Added Author	Boles, John B.
Added Title	Masters and slaves in the house of the Lord
Other Form:	Print version: Boles, John B. Masters and Slaves in the House of the Lord : Race and Religion in the American South, 1740-1870. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813116464
ISBN	9780813148793 (electronic bk.)
	0813148790 (electronic bk.)

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