Christian Slavery: Conversion and Race in the Protestant Atlantic World
(Part of the Early American Studies Series)
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Could slaves become Christian? If so, did their conversion lead to freedom? If not, then how could perpetual enslavement be justified? In Christian Slavery, Katharine Gerbner contends that religion was fundamental to the development of both slavery and race in the Protestant Atlantic world. Slave owners in the Caribbean and elsewhere established governments and legal codes based on an ideology of "Protestant Supremacy," which excluded the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0812224361
ISBN13:9780812224368
Release Date:March 2019
Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press
Length:296 Pages
Weight:0.96 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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