From border South to solid South: Religion, race, and the making of Confederate Kentucky, 1830--1880

This dissertation demonstrates the central role of proslavery theology in the politics and collective identity of white American southerners---not just before, but also during and after the Civil War. It examines, more generally, the way that nineteenth-century Americans used evangelical religion to...

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Other Authors: Boles, John B.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1911/61762