Christian Citizens: Reading the Bible in Black and White in the Post-Emancipation South (Online) by
Shows how southerners, black and white, drew on biblical narratives as the basis for very different political imaginaries during and after Reconstruction.
Denmark Vesey's Bible: The Thwarted Revolt That Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial (Online) by
This book provides a historical reconstruction of a famous trial in the antebellum American South in which the Bible was invoked alternatively by the prosecution and the defense as both a pro- and antislavery text.
Masters and Slaves in the House of the Lord: Race and Religion in the American South, 1740-1870 (Online) by
Argues that throughout the antebellum period, southern whites and blacks worshipped together. This book tackles how whites and blacks made sense of this situation and reconciled it with their faith.
The Motif of Hope in African American Preaching During Slavery and the Post-Civil War Era by
Explores the use of the motif of hope within African American preaching during slavery (1803-1865) and the post-Civil War era (1865-1896).
Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of American Slavery (Online) by
Examines the history of the American interpretation of Noah's curse and the ways in which it was appropriated by pro-slavery and pro-segregation interpreters.
Slavery and Sin: The Fight Against Slavery and the Rise of Liberal Protestantism (Online) by
Argues that the antebellum slavery debates forced antislavery Protestants to adopt an historicist understanding of truth and morality.
From Peace to Freedom: Quaker Rhetoric and the Birth of American Antislavery, 1657-1761 (Online) by
Looks at the origin of antislavery thought and rhetoric within the Society of Friends.
A Holy Baptism of Fire and Blood: The Bible and the American Civil War (Online) by
Draws on an astonishing array of sources to demonstrate the many ways that Americans enlisted the Bible in the nation's bloodiest, and arguably most biblically-saturated conflict.
The Mind of the Master Class: History and Faith in the Southern Slaveholders' Worldview by
Discusses how those in upper classes in the United States formed justifications for slavery.
Plantation Church: How African American Religion Was Born in Caribbean Slavery by
Looks at the history of the Black Church as it developed both in the United States and the Caribbean after the arrival of enslaved Africans.
The Politics of Faith During the Civil War (Online) by
Examines the engagement of both northern and southern preachers in politics during the American Civil War, revealing an era of denominational, governmental, and public scrutiny of religious leaders. Includes a chapter on African American ministers.
Sacraments of Memory: Catholicism and Slavery in Contemporary African American Literature (Online) by
Focuses on Catholic themes and imagery in African American literature, such as in the writings of Toni Morrison, Leon Forrest, Phyllis Alesia Perry, and Charles Johnson, among others.
When Slavery Was Called Freedom: Evangelicalism, Proslavery, and the Causes of the Civil War (Online) by
Argues that antislavery and proslavery emerged from the same evangelical roots; both sides interpreted the Bible and Christian moral dictates in light of individualism and free market economics.
Faith and Slavery in the Presbyterian Diaspora (Online) by
Considers how, in areas as diverse as the New Hebrides, Scotland, the United States, and East Central Africa, men's and women's shared Presbyterian faith conditioned their interpretations of and interactions with the institution of chattel slavery.
The Origins of Proslavery Christianity: White and Black Evangelicals in Colonial and Antebellum Virginia (Online) by
Argues that white evangelicals' ideas about slavery grew directly out of their interactions with black evangelicals, using Virginia as a case study.
Slavery and the Meetinghouse: The Quakers and the Abolitionist Dilemma, 1820-1865 (Online) by
In the years before the Civil War, the Society of Friends opposed the abolitionist campaign for an immediate end to slavery and considered abolitionists within the church as heterodox radicals seeking to destroy civil and religious liberty. The conflict between the Quakers and the Abolitionists highlights the dilemma of liberal religion within a slaveholding republic.
Slavery, Religion, and Race in Antebellum Missouri: Freedom from Slavery and Freedom from Sin by
This book looks at the interaction of slavery, religion, and race in antebellum Missouri and how they influenced and shaped each other. The author argues that for African Americans, religion was an arena where they sought control over their own lives and where they created their own form of Christianity.
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