Singing for Equality - Hymns in the American Antislavery and Indian Rights Movements, 1640-1855 (Paperback)

Before the American Civil War, men and women who imagined a multiracial American society (social visionaries) included Protestant hymns and psalms in their speeches and writings. Music affirmed the humanity and equality of Indians and blacks. These visionaries legitimated slave emancipation and validated blacks and Indians as Americans. In contrast to dominant voices of white racial privilege, social visionaries relied upon republication ideals and Arminian Christian beliefs to attack the conflation of whiteness with both citizenship and Christianity; they criticised republican hypocrisy and Christian hypocrisy. Many social visionaries wrote hymns, transcending racial lines and creating a sense of equality among singers and their audience. Singing and reading Protestant hymns encouraged community formation that led to American human rights activism in the 19th and 20th centuries.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2013
First published:	July 2013
Authors:	Cheryl C. Boots
Dimensions:	226 x 150 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-7864-7259-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > General Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Civil rights & citizenship Books > History > General Books > Music > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7864-7259-6
Barcode:	9780786472598

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