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The souls of womenfolk : the religious cultures of enslaved women in the Lower South /

In The souls of womenfolk, Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh argues that woman-gendered cosmologies and experiences from the upper Guinea coast played a distinct role in shaping the religious consciousness and practices of enslaved communities in the lower South, and that this process took place concurrently...

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Main Author:	Wells-Oghoghomeh, Alexis (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Women slaves > Religious life > Southern States. Women slaves > Southern States > Social conditions.

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