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Slave Missions and the Black Church in the Antebellum South
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ColonialismAfrican DiasporaHistorical SociologyBlack ExperienceAfrican American HistorySocial SciencesBlack ChurchAfrican American StudiesChristian PracticeCivil RightsDescendant CommunitiesCultural HistoryChurch RecordsSlave MissionsWhite MissionariesAfrican American MemoryHistorical AnalysisBlack PoliticsAfrican American Slavery
This volume examines the interactions between white missionaries and slaves in the 1840s and 1850s, and the ways in which blacks used the missions to nurture the formation of the organized black church. The author uses church records, slave narratives, and autobiographies in her research.