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When slavery was called freedom : evangelicalism, proslavery, and the causes of the Civil War /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Daly, John Patrick, 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2002]
Series:Religion in the South.
Subjects:
Slavery > Moral and ethical aspects > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Moral and ethical aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Southern States > Justification.
Evangelicalism > Political aspects > Southern States > History > 19th century.
Evangelicalism > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Southern States > Politics and government > 1775-1865.
Southern States > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Southern States > Moral conditions.
Antislavery movements > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.
Table of Contents:
  • Freedom and evangelical culture in the South
  • The post-1831 birth of evangelical proslavery
  • Answering abolitionists, defending slaveholders
  • The evangelical vision of the South and its future
  • Evangelical proslavery, free labor, and disunion, 1850-1861
  • The proslavery formula and the test of war, 1860-1865.