Slavery and Methodism: A Chapter in American Morality, 1780-1845 (Princeton Legacy Library) - Hardcover
Synopsis
The growing appeal of abolitionism and its increasing success in converting Americans to the antislavery cause, a generation before the Civil War, is clearly revealed in this book on the Methodist Episcopal Church in America. The moral character of the antislavery movement is stressed.
Originally published in 1965.
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Review
"A thoroughly engrossing study, well conceived and well written, employing extensive and illuminating research in primary resources. The bibliography furnishes an extremely useful guide to the sources.... the book will be essential reading for all students of American culture."-Choice
?A thoroughly engrossing study, well conceived and well written, employing extensive and illuminating research in primary resources. The bibliography furnishes an extremely useful guide to the sources.... the book will be essential reading for all students of American culture.?-Choice
About the Author
Donald G. Mathews is professor of history emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and author or coauthor of several books, including "Religion in the Old South".
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